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Imaging Emergency Pelvic Diseases in Girls

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Verpillat, P., Chateil, JF., Durand, C., Avni, F.E. (2018). Imaging Emergency Pelvic Diseases in Girls. In: E. Avni, F., Petit, P. (eds) Imaging Acute Abdomen in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63700-6_24

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