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The hyperdense crescent sign

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  1. Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Wenjing Pang

  2. Lab. Stress Response and Innovative Therapies, Inserm U1113, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France

    Wenjing Pang & Aina Venkatasamy

  3. Service de Radiologie 1, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 avenue Molière, 67098, Strasbourg- Cedex, France

    Anne Karol, Quentin Minault, Francis Veillon & Aina Venkatasamy

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Pang, W., Karol, A., Minault, Q. et al. The hyperdense crescent sign. Abdom Radiol 44, 376–378 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1697-7

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