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The Clinical Value of Cranial CT Venography for Predicting Fusobacterium necrophorum as the Causative Agent in Children with Complicated Acute Mastoiditis

Shelly I. Shiran, Li-tal Pratt, Ari DeRowe, Sophie Matot, Narin Carmel Neiderman and Oshri Wasserzug
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2024, 45 (6) 761-768; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8217
Shelly I. Shiran
aFrom the Department of Radiology (S.I.S., L.-t.P.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Li-tal Pratt
aFrom the Department of Radiology (S.I.S., L.-t.P.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Ari DeRowe
bPediatric Otorhinolaryngology Unit, “Dana” Children’s Hospital (A.D., O.W.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Sophie Matot
cDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery (S.M., N.C.N.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Narin Carmel Neiderman
cDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery (S.M., N.C.N.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Oshri Wasserzug
bPediatric Otorhinolaryngology Unit, “Dana” Children’s Hospital (A.D., O.W.), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Shelly I. Shiran, Li-tal Pratt, Ari DeRowe, Sophie Matot, Narin Carmel Neiderman, Oshri Wasserzug
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