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    Venkatraman Indiran, Kanakaraj Kannan, T. Ramachandra Prasad & Prabakaran Maduraimuthu

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Indiran, V., Kannan, K., Prasad, T.R. et al. Fountain sign. Abdom Radiol 45, 3371–3372 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-020-02438-1

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