Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 389-403 , October 2006

Multiple Lesions of the Spleen: Differential Diagnosis of Cystic and Solid Lesions

  • Aya Kamaya, MD
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  • Stefanie Weinstein, MD
    • ,
  • Terry S. Desser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Terry S. Desser, MD, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Mail code 5621, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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PII: S0887-2171(06)00056-4

doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.06.004

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 389-403 , October 2006

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