Pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis of ovarian torsion

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1355-1368

  Chang, Hannah C ^a   Bhatt, Shweta ^a   Dogra, Vikram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

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EID: 70349581625     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.285075130     Document Type: Article

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