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Impact of Obesity on Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Mohammad A. Ghanem, Nafeesa A. Kazim and Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2011, 39 (1) 40-50; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.110.078881
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vol. 39 no. 1 40-50
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.110.078881
PubMed 
21321247

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0091-4916
Online ISSN 
1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication May 11, 2011
  • Accepted for publication October 29, 2010
  • Published online February 23, 2011.

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  1. Mohammad A. Ghanem,
  2. Nafeesa A. Kazim and
  3. Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar
  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait; and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Abdelhamid Elgazzar, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat, Kuwait, 13110. E-mail: aelgazzar49{at}hotmail.com
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