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Imaging of a Stafne Bone Cavity: What MR Adds and Why a New Name Is Needed

Barton F. Branstetter, Jane L. Weissman and Sheldon B. Kaplan
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 1999, 20 (4) 587-589;
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