Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 2 , Pages 184-192 , February 2008

The diagnosis and classification of inguinal and femoral hernia on multisection spiral CT

  • P.T. Cherian

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: P.T. Cherian, Good hope Hospital, Rectory road, Sutton Coldfield, UK. Tel.: +44 121 3542730.
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  • A.P. Parnell

Received 28 March 2007 ,Revised 19 June 2007 ,Accepted 20 July 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00333-9

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.07.018

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 2 , Pages 184-192 , February 2008

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