Research ArticleHEAD AND NECK
The Pterygopalatine Fossa: Postoperative MR Imaging Appearance
Ling-Ling Chan, June Chong, Ann M. Gillenwater and Lawrence E. Ginsberg
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2000, 21 (7) 1315-1319;
Ling-Ling Chan
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (L.-L.C, J.C., L.E.G.) and Head and Neck Surgery (A.M.G.), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
June Chong
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (L.-L.C, J.C., L.E.G.) and Head and Neck Surgery (A.M.G.), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Ann M. Gillenwater
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (L.-L.C, J.C., L.E.G.) and Head and Neck Surgery (A.M.G.), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Lawrence E. Ginsberg
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (L.-L.C, J.C., L.E.G.) and Head and Neck Surgery (A.M.G.), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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Ling-Ling Chan, June Chong, Ann M. Gillenwater, Lawrence E. Ginsberg
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