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Pseudomembranous Colitis

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Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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  1. Dept. of Radiology, St. Luc University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, 10, Av Hippocrate, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Etienne Danse MD, PhD

  2. Dept. of Radiology, University Hospital Center, 6000, Charleroi, Belgium

    Daphne Geukens MD

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, ‘L. Sacco’ University Hospital, Via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy

    Giovanni Maconi MD (Chair of Gastroenterology) & Gabriele Bianchi Porro MD, PhD (Chair of Gastroenterology) & 

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Danse, E., Geukens, D. (2007). Pseudomembranous Colitis. In: Maconi, G., Porro, G.B. (eds) Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49841-4_13

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