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Research ArticlePeripheral Nervous System

MR Neurography of Greater Occipital Nerve Neuropathy: Initial Experience in Patients with Migraine

L. Hwang, R. Dessouky, Y. Xi, B. Amirlak and A. Chhabra
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2017, 38 (11) 2203-2209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5354
L. Hwang
aFrom the Departments of Plastic Surgery (L.H., B.A.)
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R. Dessouky
bRadiology (R.D., Y.X., A.C.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
cDepartment of Radiology (R.D.), Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
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Y. Xi
bRadiology (R.D., Y.X., A.C.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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