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Arterial Spin-Labeling Perfusion Lightbulb Sign: An Imaging Biomarker of Pediatric Posterior Fossa Hemangioblastoma

Onur Simsek, Nakul Sheth, Amirreza Manteghinejad, Mix Wannasarnmetha, Timothy P. Roberts and Aashim Bhatia
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2024, 45 (11) 1784-1790; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8391
Onur Simsek
aFrom the Department of Radiology (O.S., N.S., A.M., M.W., T.P.R., A.B.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Nakul Sheth
aFrom the Department of Radiology (O.S., N.S., A.M., M.W., T.P.R., A.B.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Amirreza Manteghinejad
aFrom the Department of Radiology (O.S., N.S., A.M., M.W., T.P.R., A.B.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Mix Wannasarnmetha
aFrom the Department of Radiology (O.S., N.S., A.M., M.W., T.P.R., A.B.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
bDepartment of Radiology (M.W.), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Timothy P. Roberts
aFrom the Department of Radiology (O.S., N.S., A.M., M.W., T.P.R., A.B.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
cDepartment of Radiology (T.P.R., A.B.), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Aashim Bhatia
aFrom the Department of Radiology (O.S., N.S., A.M., M.W., T.P.R., A.B.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
cDepartment of Radiology (T.P.R., A.B.), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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