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Fournier gangrene: rapid diagnosis with bedside ultrasonography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jason D. Heiner*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
Katisha Baldwin
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
Brooks Laselle
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Fitzsimmons Ave., Tacoma WA 98431; jasonheiner@hotmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2010

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