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18F-FDG PET scan as follow-up tool for sarcoidosis with symptomatic cardiac conduction disturbances requiring a pacemaker
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  1. S Györik1,
  2. L Ceriani2,
  3. A Menafoglio3,
  4. A Gallino3,
  5. R Wyttenbach4
  1. 1Division of Pneumology, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland
  2. 2Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland
  3. 3Division of Cardiology, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland
  4. 4Division of Radiology, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Sándor Györik
    Division of Pneumology, Ospedale San Giovanni (EOC) Bellinzona, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; sigylo{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.070805

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