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[Radiological methods for age diagnostics : Clinical and forensic aspects]

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  • 1Sektion Pädiatrische Radiologie, Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Deutschland. hans-joachim.mentzel@med.uni-jena.de.

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