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The Fat Triangle Sign: improving diagnostic accuracy of extraperitoneal bladder rupture

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    Megan Gross, Robert Mindelzun & R. Brooke Jeffrey Jr.

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Megan Gross, Robert Mindelzun & R. Brooke Jeffrey Jr.

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Gross, M., Mindelzun, R. & Jeffrey, R.B. The Fat Triangle Sign: improving diagnostic accuracy of extraperitoneal bladder rupture. Abdom Imaging 35, 253–255 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-009-9502-2

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