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Azygos Vein Stenosis in Frontotemporal Dementia Sagging Brain Syndrome

Wouter I. Schievink, Marcel M. Maya, Rola Saouaf, H. Gabriel Lipshutz, Rachelle B. Taché, Daniel Scoffings and Jeremy D. Schmahmann
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2025, 46 (2) 408-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8532
Wouter I. Schievink
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (W.I.S., R.B.T.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Marcel M. Maya
bDepartment of Imaging (M.M.M., R.S., H.G.L.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Rola Saouaf
bDepartment of Imaging (M.M.M., R.S., H.G.L.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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H. Gabriel Lipshutz
bDepartment of Imaging (M.M.M., R.S., H.G.L.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Rachelle B. Taché
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (W.I.S., R.B.T.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Daniel Scoffings
cDepartment of Radiology (D.S.), Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Jeremy D. Schmahmann
dAtaxia Center, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit, Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology, Department of Neurology (J.D.S., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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