Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: establishing and consolidating the role of spiral CT

Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: establishing and consolidating the

role of spiral CT

Strijen, M. van

Citation

Strijen, M. van. (2007, March 22). Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: establishing and

consolidating the role of spiral CT. Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical

Center (LUMC), Faculty of Medicine, Leiden University. Retrieved from

https://hdl.handle.net/1887/11452

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Institutional Repository of the University of Leiden

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