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Doing More with Less: Diagnostic Accuracy of CT in Suspected Cauda Equina Syndrome

J.G. Peacock and V.M. Timpone
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2017, 38 (2) 391-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4974
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