Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 277-287 , July 2010

Pictorial essay: multimodality imaging of metastases from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Received 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.06.026

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 277-287 , July 2010

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