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Aqueductal CSF Stroke Volume Is Increased in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Decreases after Shunt Surgery

J. Shanks, K. Markenroth Bloch, K. Laurell, K.G. Cesarini, M. Fahlström, E.-M. Larsson and J. Virhammar
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2019, 40 (3) 453-459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5972
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aFrom the Departments of Surgical Sciences and Radiology (J.S., M.F., E.-M.L.)
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dLund University Bioimaging Center (K.M.B.), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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