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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow within the syrinx in post-traumatic syringomyelia was studied by cardiac-triggered phase images of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the relationship between CSF flow in the syrinx and patients' symptoms.
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Tobimatsu, Y., Nihei, R., Kimura, T. et al. A quantitative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid flow in post-traumatic syringomyelia. Spinal Cord 33, 203–207 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1995.45
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