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D M Hough1, K N Glazebrook, E K Paulson

  • 1Department of Radiology, Durham VA Medical Center, North Carolina, USA.

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine : Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
|September 6, 2000
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