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Infection and oncology

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Clinical Nuclear Medicine

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The brain is protected from internal and external injury by special and specific physiological barriers. These are of three main types: (i) the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that separates the blood from the brain parenchyma; (ii) the blood-CSF barrier between the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); and (iii) the CSF-brain barrier separating the CSF from the brain parenchyma [1].

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  1. Division of Radiological Sciences, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

    M. N. Maisey BSc MD FRCR FRCP

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK

    K. E. Britton MD MSc FRCR FRCP

  3. Nuclear Medicine Department, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    B. D. Collier BA MA MD

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Costa, D.C., Ell, P.J. (1998). Infection and oncology. In: Maisey, M.N., Britton, K.E., Collier, B.D. (eds) Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3356-0_25

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