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Images in emergency medicine
Chilaiditi's sign
  1. Lebur Rohman,
  2. Andrew Jones
  1. North Tyneside General Hospital, Accident & Emergency, North Shields, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
  1. Correspondence toDr Lebur Rohman, North Tyneside General Hospital Accident & Emergency, North Shields, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE29 8NH, UK; leburrohman{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200278

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