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Optic Nerve Sheath MR Imaging Measurements in Patients with Orthostatic Headaches and Normal Findings on Conventional Imaging Predict the Presence of an Underlying CSF-Venous Fistula

Wouter I. Schievink, Marcel M. Maya, Angelique Sao-Mai S. Tay, Peyton L. Nisson, Jay Acharya, Rachelle B. Taché and Miriam Nuño
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2024, 45 (5) 655-661; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8165
Wouter I. Schievink
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (W.I.S., A.S.-M.S.T., P.L.N., R.B.T.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Marcel M. Maya
bDepartments of Imaging (M.M.M., J.A.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Angelique Sao-Mai S. Tay
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (W.I.S., A.S.-M.S.T., P.L.N., R.B.T.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (W.I.S., A.S.-M.S.T., P.L.N., R.B.T.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (W.I.S., A.S.-M.S.T., P.L.N., R.B.T.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Miriam Nuño
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