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Retroclival Ecchordosis Physaliphora: MR Imaging and Review of the Literature

Florian Mehnert, Rudi Beschorner, Wilhelm Küker, Ulrich Hahn and Thomas Nägele
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2004, 25 (10) 1851-1855;
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