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Pulsatile Tinnitus Due to Stenosis of the Marginal Sinus: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment

J. Cortese, M. Eliezer, A. Guédon and E. Houdart
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7325
J. Cortese
aFrom the Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, Lariboisière University Hospital, University de Paris, Paris, France
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M. Eliezer
aFrom the Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, Lariboisière University Hospital, University de Paris, Paris, France
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A. Guédon
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J. Cortese, M. Eliezer, A. Guédon, E. Houdart
Pulsatile Tinnitus Due to Stenosis of the Marginal Sinus: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment
American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 2021, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7325

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