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Practical Pearl: Use of MRI to Differentiate Pseudo-subarachnoid Hemorrhage from True Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr. MC5327, Stanford, CA, 94303, USA

    Allen L. Ho, Eric S. Sussman, Arjun V. Pendharkar, Karen G. Hirsch, Nancy J. Fischbein & Robert L. Dodd

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA

    Michael Iv, Nancy J. Fischbein & Robert L. Dodd

  3. Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA, 94303, USA

    Karen G. Hirsch & Nancy J. Fischbein

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Project Conception: AH, AP, ES, RD; Project Design: AH, KH, AP, ES, RD; Project Execution: AH, KH, AP, ES; Manuscript Writing: AH, KD, NF, AP, ES; Manuscript Review and Critique: MI, KH, NF, RD.

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Ho, A.L., Sussman, E.S., Pendharkar, A.V. et al. Practical Pearl: Use of MRI to Differentiate Pseudo-subarachnoid Hemorrhage from True Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care 29, 113–118 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-018-0547-3

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