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Visceral and Abdominal Solid Organ Trauma

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Vascular Embolotherapy

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  1. Vascular Radiology, Albany Medical College, A113, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY, 12208-3479, USA

    Gary Siskin MD

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    Jafar Golzarian MD (Professor of Radiology, Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology)

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Siskin, G., Golzarian, J. (2006). Visceral and Abdominal Solid Organ Trauma. In: Golzarian, J., Sun, S., Sharafuddin, M.J. (eds) Vascular Embolotherapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33257-X_4

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