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Reduction of FDG uptake in brown adipose tissue by propranolol

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  1. Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Hans Jacobsson

  2. Department of Oncology (Radiumhemmet), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Martin Bruzelius

  3. Department of Hospital Physics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Stig A. Larsson

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Jacobsson, H., Bruzelius, M. & Larsson, S.A. Reduction of FDG uptake in brown adipose tissue by propranolol. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32, 1130 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-005-1851-7

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