Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 404-419 , October 2006

Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography Imaging of Splenic Trauma

  • Helen Marmery, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Helen Marmery, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BB, UK.
    • ,
  • K. Shanmuganathan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.06.007

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 404-419 , October 2006

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