Regular ArticleFacial Nerve Palsy: Evaluation by Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging
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Author for correspondence and guarantor of study: Toshibumi Kinoshita MD, Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642-8648, U.S.A.