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Chapter 8 - The use of ultrasound in the traumatized patient and the acute abdomen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

Graham Arthurs
Affiliation:
Maelor Hospital, Wrexham
Barry Nicholls
Affiliation:
Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
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Print publication year: 2000

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