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Acute colonic diverticulitis: CT or ultrasound?

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Bruel, JM. Acute colonic diverticulitis: CT or ultrasound?. Eur Radiol 13, 2557–2559 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-003-2013-6

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