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Heiken, J.P. (2005). MDCT of the Pancreas. In: Marchal, G., Vogl, T.J., Heiken, J.P., Rubin, G.D. (eds) Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0363-6_7

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