Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 56-63 , February 2000

Acute cholecystitis: CT findings

  • Erik K Paulson

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Erik K. Paulson, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710.

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