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The Adult Radiographic Shuntogram
Walter S. Bartynski, Saravanan Valliappan, James H. Uselman and Michael P. Spearman
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2000, 21 (4) 721-726;
Walter S. Bartynski
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.S.B., S.V., M.P.S.) and the Division of Neurosurgery (J.H.U.), The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Saravanan Valliappan
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.S.B., S.V., M.P.S.) and the Division of Neurosurgery (J.H.U.), The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
James H. Uselman
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.S.B., S.V., M.P.S.) and the Division of Neurosurgery (J.H.U.), The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Michael P. Spearman
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.S.B., S.V., M.P.S.) and the Division of Neurosurgery (J.H.U.), The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Walter S. Bartynski, Saravanan Valliappan, James H. Uselman, Michael P. Spearman
The Adult Radiographic Shuntogram
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