Surgery
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Examination of the role of abdominal computed tomography in the evaluation of victims of trauma with increased aspartate aminotransferase in the era of focused abdominal sonography for trauma

Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Pittsburgh, Pa, March 7-9, 2002.

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☆ Reprint requests: Nicole A. Stassen, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, ACB 2nd Floor, 550 South Jackson St, Louisville, KY 40202.

PII: S0039-6060(02)00143-5

doi: 10.1067/msy.2002.127556

Surgery
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