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Patient Radiation Dose Management in the Follow-Up of Potential Skin Injuries in Neuroradiology

E. Vano, J.M. Fernandez, R.M. Sanchez, D. Martinez, L. Lopez Ibor, A. Gil and C. Serna-Candel
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2013, 34 (2) 277-282; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3211
E. Vano
aFrom the Medical Physics Service and Radiology Department (E.M., J.M.F.), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clinico San Carlos and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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J.M. Fernandez
aFrom the Medical Physics Service and Radiology Department (E.M., J.M.F.), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clinico San Carlos and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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R.M. Sanchez
bMedical Physics Service (R.M.S., D.M.)
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D. Martinez
bMedical Physics Service (R.M.S., D.M.)
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L. Lopez Ibor
cInterventional Neuroradiology Unit, Diagnostic Radiology Service (L.L.I., A.G., C.S.-C.), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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A. Gil
cInterventional Neuroradiology Unit, Diagnostic Radiology Service (L.L.I., A.G., C.S.-C.), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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C. Serna-Candel
cInterventional Neuroradiology Unit, Diagnostic Radiology Service (L.L.I., A.G., C.S.-C.), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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E. Vano, J.M. Fernandez, R.M. Sanchez, D. Martinez, L. Lopez Ibor, A. Gil, C. Serna-Candel
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2013, 34 (2) 277-282; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3211
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