PET/CT features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis at first clinical presentation: a cross-sectional observational 18F-FDG imaging study across six countries

Jamshed Bomanji, Rajnish Sharma, Bhagwant R. Mittal, Sanjay Gambhir, Ahmad Qureshy, Shamim M.F. Begum, Diana Paez, Mike Sathekge, Mariza Vorster, Dragana Sobic Saranovic, Pawana Pusuwan, Vera Mann, Sobhan Vinjamuri, Alimuddin Zumla, Thomas N.B. Pascual

Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (2) 1901959; 10.1183/13993003.01959-2019
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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