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Determination of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in kidney urinary bladder x-ray films in the Saudi population

Khalid G. Khashoggi, Rawan M. Hafiz, Yasmin M. Bock and Abdullah M. Kaki
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (8) 794-797; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.8.19341

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