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Spinal Compliance Curves: Preliminary Experience with a New Tool for Evaluating Suspected CSF Venous Fistulas on CT Myelography in Patients with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

M.T. Caton, B. Laguna, K.A. Soderlund, W.P. Dillon and V.N. Shah
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2021, 42 (5) 986-992; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7018
M.T. Caton Jr
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Neuroradiology Section, University of California San Francisco. San Francisco, California
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B. Laguna
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Neuroradiology Section, University of California San Francisco. San Francisco, California
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K.A. Soderlund
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M.T. Caton, B. Laguna, K.A. Soderlund, W.P. Dillon, V.N. Shah
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