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Normative parameters of the Evans Index using Computer Tomography in the Saudi population

Soha A. Alomar and Aliaa H. Ghoneim
Neurosciences Journal April 2024, 29 (2) 122-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2024.2.20230097
Soha A. Alomar
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Alomar), and from the Department of Radiology (Ghoneim), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, MPH, FRCSC
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Aliaa H. Ghoneim
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Alomar), and from the Department of Radiology (Ghoneim), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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