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    Frederick M. Kelvin M.D., Dean D. T. Maglinte M.D., J. Thomas Benson M.D. & J. Scott Pittman M.D.

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Kelvin, F.M., Maglinte, D.D.T., Benson, J.T. et al. Letters to the editor. Abdom Imaging 20, 279–281 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200418

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