Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 234-238 , May 2010

Multidetector computed tomography evaluation of secondary hepatopulmonary fusion in a neonate

  • Umakanth Khatwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • Edward Y. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1 314 255 3340.

Received 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00226-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.07.005

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 234-238 , May 2010

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