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A New Reference Line for the Brain CT: The Tuberculum Sellae-Occipital Protuberance Line is Parallel to the Anterior/Posterior Commissure Line

Y.I. Kim, K.J. Ahn, Y.A. Chung and B.S. Kim
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2009, 30 (9) 1704-1708; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1676
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