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Commentary: for the children’s sake, avoid non-contrast CT
Enough literature now exists such that doing a non-contrast abdominal or chest computed tomography (CT) scan for suspected mass lesions in children borders on malpractice. Although there is great uncertainty regarding estimated radiation doses and long-term cancer risks in childhood, there is no dou...
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e-Med
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21362585 http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2011.0003 |