Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 177-189 , July 2006

Imaging of Head Trauma

  • Tuong H. Le, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Alisa D. Gean, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Alisa D. Gean, MD, Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Chief of Neuroradiology, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2006.04.003

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 177-189 , July 2006

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