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Case 4: an adolescent girl with left lower quadrant pain

Authors: Susan J. Back, Arnold C. Merrow

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 7/2016

Abstract

The imaging management of an adolescent girl with pelvic pain and ovarian pathology is discussed through the details of a specific case.

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Title: Case 4: an adolescent girl with left lower quadrant pain
Authors: Susan J. Back
Arnold C. Merrow
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3529-z

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