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The Biology of Aging and Related Nuclear Medicine Studies

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“That time of life though may in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang, on those bare choirs where late the sweet birds sang.” Sonnet [53] William Shakespeare

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  1. Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Wannental 45, 88131, Lindau, Germany

    Ludwig E. Feinendegen M.D. (Professor Emeritus Nuclear Medicine) (Professor Emeritus Nuclear Medicine)

  2. Radiology and Medicine SUNY, Stonybrook, USA

    Walton W. Shreeve M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  3. Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA

    Walton W. Shreeve M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  4. National Institutes of Health/Clinical Center, Bldg. 10, Rm 1C401 10 Center Drive, MSC 1180, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1180, USA

    William C. Eckelman Ph. D. (Chief PET Department) (Chief PET Department)

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sung-Ae General Hospital, Shingil-1-Dong, Youngdungpo-Gu, Seoul, 121-200, Korea

    Yong-Whee Bahk M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus (CUK) and Director) (Professor Emeritus (CUK) and Director)

  6. Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205-2179, USA

    Henry N. Wagner Jr. M. D.

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Pierson, R.N., Shreeve, W.W. (2003). The Biology of Aging and Related Nuclear Medicine Studies. In: Feinendegen, L.E., Shreeve, W.W., Eckelman, W.C., Bahk, YW., Wagner, H.N. (eds) Molecular Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55539-8_13

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