福島県立医科大学 学術機関リポジトリ

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福島県立医科大学 学術機関リポジトリ

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Title Feasibility of gamma camera-based GFR measurement using renal depth evaluated by lateral scan of 99mTc-DTPA renography( 本文 )

Author(s) 菅原, 茂耕

Citation

Issue Date 2020-03-24

URL http://ir.fmu.ac.jp/dspace/handle/123456789/1081

Rights Fulltext: Modified from "Ann Nucl Med. 2020 May;34(5):349- 357. doi: 10.1007/s12149-020-01455-w. © 2020, The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine"

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