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Commentary: Pediatric blunt abdominal trauma—to sound or not to sound?

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Filiatrault, D., Garel, L. Commentary: Pediatric blunt abdominal trauma—to sound or not to sound?. Pediatr Radiol 25, 329–331 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021693

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