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The Occipital Emissary Vein: A Possible Marker for Pseudotumor Cerebri

A. Hedjoudje, A. Piveteau, C. Gonzalez-Campo, A. Moghekar, P. Gailloud and D. San Millán
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6061
A. Hedjoudje
aFrom the Neuroradiology Unit (A.H., C.G.-C., D.S.M.), Service of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Sion Hospital, Sion, Valais, Switzerland
bDepartment of Interventional Neuroradiology (A.H., P.G.)
dImaging Department (A.H.), University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France
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A. Piveteau
eImaging Department (A.P.), University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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C. Gonzalez-Campo
aFrom the Neuroradiology Unit (A.H., C.G.-C., D.S.M.), Service of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Sion Hospital, Sion, Valais, Switzerland
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A. Moghekar
cCerebral Fluid Center (A.M.), Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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aFrom the Neuroradiology Unit (A.H., C.G.-C., D.S.M.), Service of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Sion Hospital, Sion, Valais, Switzerland
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American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2019, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6061
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