Acute Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain in Adult Patients: Abdominal Radiography Compared with CT Evaluation1 (original) (raw)

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literature research, S.H.A., W.W.M.S.; clinical studies, all authors; data acquisition, S.H.A.; data analysis/interpretation, S.H.A., W.W.M.S., S.E.R.; statistical analysis, S.H.A., S.E.R.; manuscript preparation, S.H.A., W.W.M.S., S.E.R.; manuscript definition of intellectual content, editing, revision/review, and final version approval, all authors.

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