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CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Blood Patching of Ventral CSF Leaks by Direct Needle Placement in the Ventral Epidural Space Using a Transforaminal Approach

T.J. Amrhein, N.T. Befera, L. Gray and P.G. Kranz
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2016, 37 (10) 1951-1956; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4842
T.J. Amrhein
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vol. 37 no. 10 1951-1956
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4842
PubMed 
27390315

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American Journal of Neuroradiology
Print ISSN 
0195-6108
Online ISSN 
1936-959X
History 
  • Received February 25, 2016
  • Accepted after revision April 22, 2016
  • Published online October 7, 2016.

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  1. T.J. Amrheina,
  2. N.T. Beferaa,
  3. L. Graya and
  4. P.G. Kranza
  1. aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
  1. Please address correspondence to Timothy J. Amrhein, MD, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710; e-mail: timothy.amrhein{at}duke.edu; @TimAmrheinMD
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