MR imaging for acute nontraumatic abdominopelvic pain: Rationale and practical considerations

Radiographics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-337

  Lubarsky, Michael ^a   Kalb, Bobby ^b   Sharma, Puneet ^b   Keim, Samuel M ^b   Martin, Diego R ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84875144917     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.332125116     Document Type: Article

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