Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 226-232 , November 2005

Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of congenital inferior vena cava anomalies

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2005.06.005

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 226-232 , November 2005

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