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Cynthia H McCollough1, Jodie A Christner, James M Kofler

  • 1Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. mccollough.cynthia@mayo.edu

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|March 24, 2010
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