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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonographic image of gangrenous gallbladder
Yoko Yashima1, Takeshi Tsujino2, Saori Nakahara3
1Department of Gastroenterology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, 4-1-22 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8935, Japan. y-yashima@umin.ac.jp.
Journal of Medical Ultrasonics (2001)
|June 10, 2016
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No abstract available in PubMed .
Keywords:
Acute cholecystitisContrast-enhanced ultrasonographyGangrenous cholecystitisTorsion of gallbladderMore Related Videos
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