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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.
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.
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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Acute Identification of Cranial Burst Fracture: Comparison between CT and MR Imaging Findings
American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2000, 21 (4) 795-801;
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