Brain Metastases Unresponsive to Immunotherapy Detected by 18F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Melanoma
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Fonti, R.; Pellegrino, S.; Mainolfi, C.G.; Matano, E.; Del Vecchio, S. Brain Metastases Unresponsive to Immunotherapy Detected by 18F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Melanoma. Diagnostics 2020, 10, 410. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060410
Fonti R, Pellegrino S, Mainolfi CG, Matano E, Del Vecchio S. Brain Metastases Unresponsive to Immunotherapy Detected by 18F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Melanoma. Diagnostics. 2020; 10(6):410. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060410
Chicago/Turabian StyleFonti, Rosa, Sara Pellegrino, Ciro Gabriele Mainolfi, Elide Matano, and Silvana Del Vecchio. 2020. "Brain Metastases Unresponsive to Immunotherapy Detected by 18F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Melanoma" Diagnostics 10, no. 6: 410. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060410