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Diagnostic Yield and Therapeutic Impact of Face and Neck Imaging in Patients Referred with Otalgia without Clinically Overt Disease

E. Ainsworth, I. Pai, M. Kathirgamanathan and S.E.J. Connor
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2020, 41 (11) 2126-2131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6760
E. Ainsworth
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.A., M.K., S.E.J.C.)
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I. Pai
bOtolaryngology (I.P.), Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom
cSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Clinical Academic Group (I.P., S.E.J.C.)
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M. Kathirgamanathan
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.A., M.K., S.E.J.C.)
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S.E.J. Connor
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.A., M.K., S.E.J.C.)
cSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Clinical Academic Group (I.P., S.E.J.C.)
dDepartment of Neuroradiology (S.E.J.C.), King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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E. Ainsworth, I. Pai, M. Kathirgamanathan, S.E.J. Connor
Diagnostic Yield and Therapeutic Impact of Face and Neck Imaging in Patients Referred with Otalgia without Clinically Overt Disease
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