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MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, Effingerstrasse 102, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Kathrin A. Frei Bonel MD

  2. Institut de radiologie, Clinique des Grangettes, chemin des Grangettes 7, 1224, Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland

    Karen Kinkel MD, PD

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    Bernd Hamm MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Salzburger Landeskliniken, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Universitätsinstitut für Radiodiagnostik, Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria

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Frei Bonel, K.A., Kinkel, K. (2007). Endometrial Carcinoma. In: Hamm, B., Forstner, R. (eds) MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68212-7_6

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