Current Orthopaedics
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 47-51 , February 2006

Functional imaging in orthopaedic infections—Update on immunoscintigraphy

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doi: 10.1016/j.cuor.2005.09.008

Current Orthopaedics
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 47-51 , February 2006