Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 289-302 , April 2007

The testis: the unusual, the rare and the bizarre

  • V.R. Stewart
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  • P.S. Sidhu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: P.S. Sidhu, Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. Tel.: +44 20 3299 4164; fax: +44 20 3299 3157.

Received 22 August 2006 ,Revised 12 October 2006 ,Accepted 22 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.10.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 289-302 , April 2007

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