Skull Base Osteomyelitis: A Comprehensive Imaging Review

P.R. Chapman; G. Choudhary; A. Singhal

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Skull Base Osteomyelitis: A Comprehensive Imaging Review

P.R. Chapman, G. Choudhary and A. Singhal

American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2021, 42 (3) 404-413; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7015

P.R. Chapman

aFrom the Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

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vol. 42 no. 3 404-413

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https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7015

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Received May 8, 2020
Accepted after revision August 21, 2020
Published online March 15, 2021.

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P.R. Chapmana,
G. Choudharya and
A. Singhala

^aFrom the Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Please address correspondence to Aparna Singhal, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th St South, Birmingham AL 35249; e-mail: asinghal{at}uabmc.edu

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