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Bilateral Retropharyngeal Parathyroid Hyperplasia Detected with 4D Multidetector Row CT

R.D. Welling, J.A. Olson, P.G. Kranz, J.D. Eastwood and J.K. Hoang
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2011, 32 (5) E80-E82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2104
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R.D. Welling, J.A. Olson, P.G. Kranz, J.D. Eastwood, J.K. Hoang
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American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2011, 32 (5) E80-E82; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2104
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