Gallbladder and Biliary Tract: Normal Anatomy and Examination Techniques

Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1333-1355

  Turner, Mary Ann ^a,b   Fulcher, Ann S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2332-6.50080-4     Document Type: Chapter

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