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Acute Identification of Cranial Burst Fracture: Comparison between CT and MR Imaging Findings

Thomas S. Ellis, L. Gilbert Vezina and David J. Donahue
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2000, 21 (4) 795-801;
Thomas S. Ellis
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (T.S.E., D.J.D.) and Radiology (L.G.V.), Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
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L. Gilbert Vezina
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (T.S.E., D.J.D.) and Radiology (L.G.V.), Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
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David J. Donahue
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (T.S.E., D.J.D.) and Radiology (L.G.V.), Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
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