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Recommendations in Second Opinion Reports of Neurologic Head and Neck Imaging: Frequency, Referring Clinicians’ Compliance, and Diagnostic Yield

S.A. Heinz, D. Yakar, R.A.J.O. Dierckx, M.J. Lamers and T.C. Kwee
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7197
S.A. Heinz
aFrom the Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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D. Yakar
aFrom the Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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R.A.J.O. Dierckx
aFrom the Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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M.J. Lamers
aFrom the Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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T.C. Kwee
aFrom the Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2021, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7197
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