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CSF Flow Dynamics at the Craniovertebral Junction Studied with an Idealized Model of the Subarachnoid Space and Computational Flow Analysis

S.O. Linge, V. Haughton, A.E. Løvgren, K.A. Mardal and H.P. Langtangen
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2010, 31 (1) 185-192; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1766
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