Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 408-417 , October 2009

Understanding Transient Hepatic Attenuation Differences

  • Terry S. Desser, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Terry S. Desser, MD, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

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PII: S0887-2171(09)00059-6

doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.07.003

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 408-417 , October 2009

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