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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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