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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

Position-Related Variability of CSF Opening Pressure Measurements

K.M. Schwartz, P.H. Luetmer, C.H. Hunt, A.L. Kotsenas, F.E. Diehn, L.J. Eckel, D.F. Black, V.T. Lehman and E.P. Lindell
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2013, 34 (4) 904-907; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3313
K.M. Schwartz
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A.L. Kotsenas
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K.M. Schwartz, P.H. Luetmer, C.H. Hunt, A.L. Kotsenas, F.E. Diehn, L.J. Eckel, D.F. Black, V.T. Lehman, E.P. Lindell
Position-Related Variability of CSF Opening Pressure Measurements
American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2013, 34 (4) 904-907; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3313

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