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Out of the blue: the Grey-Turner's sign

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Piazzale Golgi 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    Gabriella Carnevale-Maffé

  2. Department of Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy

    Pietro Amedeo Modesti

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Carnevale-Maffé, G., Modesti, P.A. Out of the blue: the Grey-Turner's sign. Intern Emerg Med 10, 387–388 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-014-1178-0

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