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Letter to the editor on “diagnostic value of the relative enhancement ratio of the portal venous phase to unenhanced CT in the identification of lipid‑poor adrenal tumors”

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    Yasunori Nagayama & Toshinori Hirai

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Nagayama, Y., Hirai, T. Letter to the editor on “diagnostic value of the relative enhancement ratio of the portal venous phase to unenhanced CT in the identification of lipid‑poor adrenal tumors”. Abdom Radiol 48, 1841–1842 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-023-03856-7

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