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Frostberg’s inverted three sign

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  1. Department of Radiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico City, Mexico

    Martha Maria Ruiz-Ballesteros

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion “Salvador Zubiran”, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, C.P. 14080, Mexico City, Mexico

    Braulio Alejandro Marfil-Garza

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Ruiz-Ballesteros, M.M., Marfil-Garza, B.A. Frostberg’s inverted three sign. Abdom Radiol 43, 1273–1274 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1279-0

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