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Review
. 2020 Sep;45(9):2934-2936.
doi: 10.1007/s00261-020-02445-2.

The abdominal seatbelt sign

Ciaran E Redmond  1 , Brian Gibney  2 , Savvas Nicolaou  2
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Review

The abdominal seatbelt sign

Ciaran E Redmond et al. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

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