Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 113-120 , April 2006

Imaging Colorectal Cancer

  • Revathy Iyer, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Revathy Iyer, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 57, Houston, TX 77030-4009.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2006.02.004

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 113-120 , April 2006

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