Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 559-564 , December 2009

Anatomy and Imaging of the Normal Meninges

  • Neel Patel, MA (Cantab), BMBCh, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Neel Patel, MA (Cantab), BMBCh, FRCR, Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU
    • ,
  • Olga Kirmi, BSc, MBBS, MRCS, FRCR

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.08.006

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 559-564 , December 2009

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