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. 2016 Jul;18(7):1028.
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now087.

Performance of 18F-FET-PET versus 18F-FDG-PET for the diagnosis and grading of brain tumors: inherent bias in meta-analysis not revealed by quality metrics

Xiangyan Huang  1 , Harrison Bai  1 , Hao Zhou  1 , Haiyun Tang  1 , Li Yang  1
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Performance of 18F-FET-PET versus 18F-FDG-PET for the diagnosis and grading of brain tumors: inherent bias in meta-analysis not revealed by quality metrics

Xiangyan Huang et al. Neuro Oncol. 2016 Jul.
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