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Section 2 - Thorax

from Part I - Non-Traumatic Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Bharti Khurana
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jacob Mandell
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Stephen Ledbetter
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Emergency Radiology COFFEE Case Book
Case-Oriented Fast Focused Effective Education
, pp. 217 - 274
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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