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Image Acquisition Method for the Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava
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Image Acquisition Method for the Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava

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The silhouette sign and the inferior vena cava

G A Foote, H C Meredith

    Radiology
    |December 1, 1979
    PubMed

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