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Chapter 2 - Imaging of the mediastinum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2015

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Xiaoqin Wang  and
Ajay Singh
Edited by
Alberto M. Marchevsky  and
Mark R. Wick
Xiaoqin Wang
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Ajay Singh
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Alberto M. Marchevsky
Affiliation:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Mark R. Wick
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Pathology of the Mediastinum , pp. 4 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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