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The Venous Distension Sign: A Diagnostic Sign of Intracranial Hypotension at MR Imaging of the Brain
R.I. Farb, R. Forghani, S.K. Lee, D.J. Mikulis and R. Agid
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2007, 28 (8) 1489-1493; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0621
R.I. Farb
R. Forghani
S.K. Lee
D.J. Mikulis
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The Venous Distension Sign: A Diagnostic Sign of Intracranial Hypotension at MR Imaging of the Brain
R.I. Farb, R. Forghani, S.K. Lee, D.J. Mikulis, R. Agid
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2007, 28 (8) 1489-1493; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0621
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