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Technetium-99m labelled antimicrobial peptides discriminate between bacterial infections and sterile inflammations

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Das, S., Britton, K., Solanki, K. et al. Technetium-99m labelled antimicrobial peptides discriminate between bacterial infections and sterile inflammations. Eur J Nucl Med 27, 1865–1866 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002590000377

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