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Air intussusception reduction: “The winds of change”

  • A Pediatric G. I. Symposium — From the 1993 Society for Pediatric Radiology Meeting in Seattle
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Kirks, D.R. Air intussusception reduction: “The winds of change”. Pediatr Radiol 25, 89–91 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010312

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