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Alan Stewart Johnstone

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English radiologist.

Biography of Alan Stewart Johnstone

Alan Stewart Johnstone worked in the Department of Radiology, The University of Leeds, as professor of radiodiagnosis.

We thank André Trombeta for information submitted.

Bibliography

  • The diagnosis of early gastric herniation at the œsophageal hiatus.
    Journal of the Faculty of Radiologists, July 1951, 3 (1): 52-65.

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