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Less contrast-enhanced areas within lymph nodes in the delayed phase of contrast-enhanced MRI: a suspicious finding for lymph node metastases

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Mori, N., Mugikura, S. & Takase, K. Less contrast-enhanced areas within lymph nodes in the delayed phase of contrast-enhanced MRI: a suspicious finding for lymph node metastases. Clin Exp Metastasis 39, 713–714 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10585-022-10161-y

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