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Traumatic pancreatic transection from blunt abdominal trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Eeling Goh  and
Estelle Mei Chen
Eeling Goh*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
Estelle Mei Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
*
Correspondence to: Dr. Eeling Goh, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore 159964, Singapore.

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Keywords

abdominal painblunt abdominal traumapancreatic transection
Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique: CJEM Journal Club
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , November 2014 , pp. 502 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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