Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 130-140 , April 2007

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Blunt Abdominal Trauma

  • Massimo Valentino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Radiology Unit, Bologna, Italy.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Massimo Valentino, MD, Emergency Department, Radiology Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi, University Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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  • Carla Serra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Department, S. Orsola-Malpighi, University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
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  • Pietro Pavlica, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Radiology Unit, Bologna, Italy.
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  • Libero Barozzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Radiology Unit, Bologna, Italy.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.01.008

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 130-140 , April 2007

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