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Malpractice Litigation Related to Diagnosis and Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms

A. Khan, M. Khunte, X. Wu, S. Bajaj, S. Payabvash, M. Wintermark, C. Matouk, D.J. Seidenwurm, D. Gandhi, P. Parizel, J. Mezrich and A. Malhotra
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7828
A. Khan
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
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M. Khunte
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
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X. Wu
cDepartment of Radiology (X.W.), University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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S. Bajaj
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
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S. Payabvash
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
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M. Wintermark
dDepartment of Radiology (M.W.), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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C. Matouk
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
bNeurosurgery (C.M.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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D.J. Seidenwurm
eDepartment of Neuroradiology (D.J.S.), Sutter Health, Sacramento, California
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D. Gandhi
fDepartments of Interventional Neuroradiology, Radiology, and Nuclear Medicine (D.G.)
gNeurology (D.G.)
hNeurosurgery (D.G.), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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P. Parizel
iDepartment of Radiology (P.P.), University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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J. Mezrich
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
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A. Malhotra
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (A.K., M.K., S.B., S.P., C.M., J.M., A.M.)
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