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Cholesteatoma of the petrous bone: the crucial role of diffusion-weighted MRI

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    Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Ken Ito, Nodoka Adachi, Tatsuya Yamasoba, Kenji Kondo & Kimitaka Kaga

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Yoshida, T., Ito, K., Adachi, N. et al. Cholesteatoma of the petrous bone: the crucial role of diffusion-weighted MRI. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 262, 440–441 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-004-0839-4

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