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The authors discuss the value of intravenous contrast enhancement in CT scanning in acute head injury. In a series of seventy consecutive patients they conclude that no incremental information was obtained by performing contrast-enhanced CT scans in the acute phase of the head injury.
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Mauser, H.W., van Nieuwenhuizen, O. & Veiga-Pires, J.A. Is contrast-enhanced CT indicated in acute head injury?. Neuroradiology 26, 31–32 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328200
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328200