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Diffuse pachymeningeal T2-FLAIR hyperintensity in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: to obviate gadolinium administration or not

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  1. Neuroradiology Department, Hospital de Braga, Sete Fontes–São Victor, 4710-243, Braga, Portugal

    Miguel Quintas-Neves

  2. Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Miguel Quintas-Neves

  3. ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

    Miguel Quintas-Neves

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Quintas-Neves, M. Diffuse pachymeningeal T2-FLAIR hyperintensity in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: to obviate gadolinium administration or not. Neuroradiology 65, 1317–1318 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-023-03167-0

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