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Clinical Characteristics of Branchial Cleft Anomalies

Neil Rowlands, Catherine Russo, Kevin Liu, Anthony Yassall, Tendy Chiang and Mai-Lan Ho
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8604
Neil Rowlands
aFrom the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (N.R., A.Y.), Dublin, Ohio
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Catherine Russo
bThe Ohio State University (C.R.), Columbus, Ohio
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Kevin Liu
cUniversity of Florida College of Medicine (K.L.), Jacksonville, Florida
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Anthony Yassall
aFrom the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (N.R., A.Y.), Dublin, Ohio
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Tendy Chiang
dNationwide Children’s Hospital (T.C.), Columbus, Ohio
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Mai-Lan Ho
eUniversity of Missouri (M.-L.H.), Columbia, Missouri
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Neil Rowlands, Catherine Russo, Kevin Liu, Anthony Yassall, Tendy Chiang, Mai-Lan Ho
Clinical Characteristics of Branchial Cleft Anomalies
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