Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 370-388 , October 2006

Solitary Splenic Lesions

  • David M. Warshauer, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Dr. David Warshauer, Professor and Chief of GI Radiology, Dept. of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2016 Old Clinic Bldg., CB #7510, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510.
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  • H. Lee Hall, MD

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