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Aqueductal Stroke Volume: Comparisons with Intracranial Pressure Scores in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

G. Ringstad, K.E. Emblem, O. Geier, N. Alperin and P.K. Eide
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2015, 36 (9) 1623-1630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4340
G. Ringstad
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (G.R.)
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K.E. Emblem
bIntervention Centre (K.E.E., O.G.), Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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O. Geier
bIntervention Centre (K.E.E., O.G.), Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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N. Alperin
cDepartment of Radiology (N.A.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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P.K. Eide
dDepartment of Neurosurgery (P.K.E.), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
eFaculty of Medicine (P.K.E.), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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