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Caseiro-Alves, F., Ferreira, A., Mathieu, D. (2005). Pseudo-Lesions of the Liver. In: Lencioni, R., Cioni, D., Bartolozzi, C. (eds) Focal Liver Lesions. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26354-3_11
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