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Imaging of the Irritable Hip and Hip Infection

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Imaging of the Hip & Bony Pelvis

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Teh, J., Wilson, D. (2006). Imaging of the Irritable Hip and Hip Infection. In: Davies, A.M., Johnson, K.J., Whitehouse, R.W. (eds) Imaging of the Hip & Bony Pelvis. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30000-7_10

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