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Prevalence and Characteristics of Microspurs in Patients with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Compared with the General Population

Danial Nasiri, Levin Häni, Johannes Goldberg, Thomas Petutschnigg, Tomas Dobrocky, Ralph T. Schär, Christoph Schankin, Andreas Raabe, Jürgen Beck, Eike Immo Piechowiak and Christopher Marvin Jesse
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8644
Danial Nasiri
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Levin Häni
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Johannes Goldberg
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Thomas Petutschnigg
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Tomas Dobrocky
bInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (T.D., E.I.P.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Ralph T. Schär
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Christoph Schankin
cDepartment of Neurology (C.S.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Andreas Raabe
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Jürgen Beck
dDepartment of Neurosurgery (J.B.), Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Eike Immo Piechowiak
bInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (T.D., E.I.P.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Christopher Marvin Jesse
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (D.N., L.H., J.G., T.P., R.T.S., A.R., C.M.J.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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