Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 525-558 , December 2009

The Imaging of the Cerebral Venous Sinuses

  • Fintan Sheerin, MA, MB BChir, MRCP, FRCR

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Fintan Sheerin, MA, MB BChir, MRCP, FRCR, Department of Neuroradiology, West Wing, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.08.005

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 525-558 , December 2009

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