Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 109-118 , February 2009

Radiological features of Meckel's diverticulum and its complications

  • P.D. Thurley

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: P.D. Thurley, Department of Radiology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. Tel.: +44 115 9691169; fax: +44 115 9627776.
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  • K.E. Halliday

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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  • J.M. Somers

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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  • W.I. Al-Daraji

      Affiliations

    • Histopathology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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  • M. Ilyas

      Affiliations

    • Histopathology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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  • N.J. Broderick

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK

Received 20 March 2008 ,Revised 16 July 2008 ,Accepted 22 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.07.012

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 109-118 , February 2009

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