Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 339-347 , November 2006

The misdiagnosis of ischaemic colitis

  • Joanne Rudd

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Received 3 May 2005 ,Accepted 25 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.07.008

Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 339-347 , November 2006

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