Research ArticleHEAD AND NECK
MR Imaging of the Trigeminal Ganglion, Nerve, and the Perineural Vascular Plexus: Normal Appearance and Variants with Correlation to Cadaver Specimens
Lorna Sohn Williams, Ilona M. Schmalfuss, Christopher L. Sistrom, Takuya Inoue, Ryusui Tanaka, Eduardo R. Seoane and Anthony A. Mancuso
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2003, 24 (7) 1317-1323;
Lorna Sohn Williams
aDepartment of Radiology, JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL
Ilona M. Schmalfuss
bDepartment of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Christopher L. Sistrom
bDepartment of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Takuya Inoue
cDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Ryusui Tanaka
Eduardo R. Seoane
cDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Anthony A. Mancuso
bDepartment of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

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Lorna Sohn Williams, Ilona M. Schmalfuss, Christopher L. Sistrom, Takuya Inoue, Ryusui Tanaka, Eduardo R. Seoane, Anthony A. Mancuso
MR Imaging of the Trigeminal Ganglion, Nerve, and the Perineural Vascular Plexus: Normal Appearance and Variants with Correlation to Cadaver Specimens
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2003, 24 (7) 1317-1323;
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Lorna Sohn Williams, Ilona M. Schmalfuss, Christopher L. Sistrom, Takuya Inoue, Ryusui Tanaka, Eduardo R. Seoane, Anthony A. Mancuso
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2003, 24 (7) 1317-1323;
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