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Body Packers: The Ins and Outs of Imaging

  • Kristy Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Martha Koehn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Rashin F. Rastegar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Rashin Fallah Rastegar, MD, Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z1M9, Canada.
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  • Frans van Hoorn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • Elizabeth Roy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Ferco H. Berger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Savvas Nicolaou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Published online 27 January 2012 Corrected Proof

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PII: S0846-5371(11)00096-9

doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2011.06.007

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