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Intracranial and Intraspinal Meningeal Melanocytosis
Timothy J. Painter, Gregory Chaljub, Rajesh Sethi, Harbans Singh and Benjamin Gelman
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2000, 21 (7) 1349-1353;
Timothy J. Painter
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.P., G.C., R.S., H.S.S.) and Pathology (B.G.), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Gregory Chaljub
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.P., G.C., R.S., H.S.S.) and Pathology (B.G.), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Rajesh Sethi
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.P., G.C., R.S., H.S.S.) and Pathology (B.G.), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Harbans Singh
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.P., G.C., R.S., H.S.S.) and Pathology (B.G.), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Benjamin Gelman
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.P., G.C., R.S., H.S.S.) and Pathology (B.G.), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

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