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MR Venous Flow in Sigmoid Sinus Diverticulum

M.R. Amans, H. Haraldsson, E. Kao, S. Kefayati, K. Meisel, R. Khangura, J. Leach, N.D. Jani, F. Faraji, M. Ballweber, W. Smith and D. Saloner
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2018, 39 (11) 2108-2113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5833
M.R. Amans
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H. Haraldsson
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E. Kao
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S. Kefayati
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K. Meisel
bNeurology (K.M., W.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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R. Khangura
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J. Leach
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N.D. Jani
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F. Faraji
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M. Ballweber
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