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Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Non-traumatic Emergencies

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Pediatric non-traumatic emergencies may be due to a large spectrum of lesions.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiological Imaging, A. Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Antonio Pinto & Luigia Romano

  2. Radiology Section, DIBIMED, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giuseppe Lo Re

  3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Marcianise Hospital, ASL, Caserta, Italy

    Fabio Pinto

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Pinto, A., Re, G.L., Pinto, F., Romano, L. (2016). Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Non-traumatic Emergencies. In: Miele, V., Trinci, M. (eds) Imaging Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies in Pediatric Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41866-7_24

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