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Incidence of Cerebellar Tonsillar Ectopia in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Mimic of the Chiari I Malformation
  
    	
A.H. Aiken, J.A. Hoots, A.M. Saindane and P.A. Hudgins

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2012,  33 (10) 1901-1906; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3068 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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