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Trochlear Groove and Trochlear Cistern: Useful Anatomic Landmarks for Identifying the Tentorial Segment of Cranial Nerve IV on MRI
  
    	
P.M. Bunch, H.R. Kelly, D.A. Zander and H.D. Curtin

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2017,  38 (5) 1026-1030; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5117 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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