Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 364-376 , October 2003

Acute small bowel ischemia: CT imaging findings

  • Enrica Segatto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Koenraad J Mortelé, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Koenraad J Mortele, M.D., Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • Hoon Ji, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Walter Wiesner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Pablo R Ros, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 364-376 , October 2003

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