Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 53-57 , January 2007

Single dose oral ranitidine improves MRCP image quality: a double-blind study

Received 9 January 2006 ,Revised 7 July 2006 ,Accepted 3 August 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00307-2

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.08.010

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 53-57 , January 2007

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