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Case 21 - 60-year-old male with history of non-small-cell lung cancer on bevacizumab (Avastin) presenting with abdominal pain

from Section 1.4 - Generalized Abdominal Pain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Edited by
Bharti Khurana ,
Jacob Mandell ,
Asha Sarma  and
Stephen Ledbetter
Bharti Khurana
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jacob Mandell
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Stephen Ledbetter
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Emergency Radiology COFFEE Case Book
Case-Oriented Fast Focused Effective Education
 , pp. 143 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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