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A pickup for a case of hiccups: point-of-care ultrasonography detects a liver abscess in a 74-year-old gentleman

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    Lynette Yan Ee Chung & Sze Joo Juan

  2. General Medicine Department, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Yun Ying Ho

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Chung, L.Y.E., Ho, Y.Y. & Juan, S.J. A pickup for a case of hiccups: point-of-care ultrasonography detects a liver abscess in a 74-year-old gentleman. Can J Emerg Med 26, 128–129 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00623-x

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