Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 302-305 , July 2010

Multimodality imaging of a neonatal wandering spleen

Received 7 August 2009 ,Accepted 20 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.09.001

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 302-305 , July 2010

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