European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 335-343 , June 2005

Vascular anomalies, sutures and small canals of the temporal bone on axial CT

  • Sabrina Koesling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Halle, E. Grube Str. 40, 06097 Halle, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 34555 71422; fax: +49 34555 72157.
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  • Petra Kunkel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Schul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Leipzig, Germany

Received 4 August 2004 ,Revised 1 September 2004 ,Accepted 3 September 2004.

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PII: S0720-048X(04)00295-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.09.003

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 335-343 , June 2005

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