Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 605-614 , July 2010

Synthesis, radiofluorination and first evaluation of [18F]fluorophenylsulfonyl- and [18F]fluorophenylsulfinyl-piperidines as serotonin 5-HT2A receptor antagonists for PET

Received 9 November 2009 ,Revised 4 February 2010 ,Accepted 8 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.03.003

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 605-614 , July 2010