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Value of Emergent Neurovascular Imaging for “Seat Belt Injury”: A Multi-institutional Study

F.G. Sherbaf, B. Chen, T. Pomeranz, M. Shahriari, M.E. Adin, S. Mirbagheri, E. Beheshtian, R. Jalilianhasanpour, J. Pakpoor, J.W. Lazor, A. Kamali and D.M. Yousem
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2021, 42 (4) 743-748; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6992
F.G. Sherbaf
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology (F.G.S., E.B., R.J., D.M.Y.), Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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B. Chen
bDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging (B.C., A.K.), Division of Neuroradiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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T. Pomeranz
cDepartment of Radiology (T.P., J.P., J.W.L.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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M. Shahriari
dDepartment of Radiology (M.S.), Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware
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M.E. Adin
eDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (M.E.A.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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S. Mirbagheri
fDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology (S.M.), Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, New York
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E. Beheshtian
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology (F.G.S., E.B., R.J., D.M.Y.), Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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R. Jalilianhasanpour
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology (F.G.S., E.B., R.J., D.M.Y.), Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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J. Pakpoor
cDepartment of Radiology (T.P., J.P., J.W.L.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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J.W. Lazor
cDepartment of Radiology (T.P., J.P., J.W.L.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A. Kamali
bDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging (B.C., A.K.), Division of Neuroradiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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D.M. Yousem
aFrom the Division of Neuroradiology (F.G.S., E.B., R.J., D.M.Y.), Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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