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Contrast enhanced computer tomography of two cases of bilateral acute cortical necrosis, one of which related to amphetamine abuse

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  1. UOC Radiologia, AO G Rummo, Via del’Angelo 1, Benevento, 82100, Italy

    Onofrio A. Catalano

  2. UOC Radiologia, AO San Giovani Bosco, Piazza del Donatore di Sangue 3, Torino, Italy

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  3. UOC Radiologia, AO Riguarda Ca’ Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, Milano, 20162, Italy

    Davide Leni, Cristiana Ticca & Angelo Vanzulli

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Catalano, O.A., Napolitano, M., Leni, D. et al. Contrast enhanced computer tomography of two cases of bilateral acute cortical necrosis, one of which related to amphetamine abuse. Emerg Radiol 11, 306–308 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-005-0418-z

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