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Burger IA Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cantonal Hospital of Baden, Im Ergel, 5404, Baden, Switzerland. irene.burger@ksb.ch.
Niemann T Department of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital of Baden, Baden, Switzerland.
Patriki D Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital of Baden, Baden, Switzerland.
Fontana F Department of Emergency Care, Intensive Care Unit, Cantonal Hospital of Baden, Baden, Switzerland.
Beer JH Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital of Baden, Baden, Switzerland.