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18F-FDG PET/CT of drug-induced myopathy in a patient with chronic hepatitis B on long-term clevudine therapy

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jeong Ah Lee

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Hwan Sik Hwang

  3. Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Dae-Hyun Yoo

  4. Department of Pathology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Seung Sam Paik

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Sung-June Jang

  6. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Guri, Republic of Korea

    Young Hwan Kim

  7. Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Min-Ho Lee

  8. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, 17, Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-ku, 133-792, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Yun Young Choi

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Lee, J.A., Hwang, H.S., Yoo, DH. et al. 18F-FDG PET/CT of drug-induced myopathy in a patient with chronic hepatitis B on long-term clevudine therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 38, 790–791 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1710-z

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