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Endovascular Embolization as a Stand-Alone Treatment of Head and Neck Paragangliomas with Long-Term Tumor Control

Samira Michel, Riccardo Ludovichetti, Gergely Bertalan, Patrick Thurner, Jawid Madjidyar, Tilman Schubert, Martina Broglie Däppen, Svenja Nölting, Alexander Huber and Zsolt Kulcsar
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8328
Samira Michel
aFrom the Faculty of Medicine (S.M.), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Riccardo Ludovichetti
bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center (R.L., G.B., P.T., J.M., T.S., Z.K.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Gergely Bertalan
bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center (R.L., G.B., P.T., J.M., T.S., Z.K.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Patrick Thurner
bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center (R.L., G.B., P.T., J.M., T.S., Z.K.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Jawid Madjidyar
bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center (R.L., G.B., P.T., J.M., T.S., Z.K.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Tilman Schubert
bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center (R.L., G.B., P.T., J.M., T.S., Z.K.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Martina Broglie Däppen
cDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (M.B.D., A.H.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Svenja Nölting
dDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition (S.N.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Alexander Huber
cDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (M.B.D., A.H.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Zsolt Kulcsar
bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center (R.L., G.B., P.T., J.M., T.S., Z.K.), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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