Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 115-129 , April 2007

Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Current Imaging Techniques and CT Findings in Patients with Solid Organ, Bowel, and Mesenteric Injury

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.01.004

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 115-129 , April 2007

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