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  1. Department of Paediatric Imaging, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 Bd Serurier, Paris, 75019, France

    Marianne Alison, Robin Azoulay, Bogdana Tilea, Amina Sekkal & Guy Sebag

  2. Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France

    Ana Presedo

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Alison, M., Azoulay, R., Tilea, B. et al. Imaging strategies in paediatric musculoskeletal trauma. Pediatr Radiol 39 (Suppl 3), 414–421 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1214-9

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