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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(03): 313-314
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_25_20
Letter to Editor

Potential diagnostic pitfalls of bone scintigraphy in transthyretin-related amyloidosis

Georgios Meristoudis
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki
,
Ioannis Ilias
1   Department of Endocrinology, Elena Venizelou General Hospital, Athens, Greece
,
Georgia Keramida
2   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Received: 31 March 2020

Accepted: 14 April 2020

Article published online:
19 April 2022

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