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Thoracic computed tomography findings in malignant mesothelioma

Omer Tamer Dogan1, Ismail Salk, Fikret Tas

  • 1Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.

Iranian Journal of Radiology : a Quarterly Journal Published by the Iranian Radiological Society
|February 15, 2013
PubMed
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Keywords:
AsbestosCysticMesotheliomaThoraxTomographyX-Ray Computed

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