Letter to the Editor
Corresponding Author
Timothy Maus MD
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Reprints requests to: Timothy Maus, MD, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1 St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Tel: (507) 255-8454; Fax: (507) 255 7964; E-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorRickey Carter PhD
Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChristine El-Yahchouchi MD
Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Search for more papers by this authorJennifer Geske MS
Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFelix Diehn MD
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Timothy Maus MD
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Reprints requests to: Timothy Maus, MD, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1 St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Tel: (507) 255-8454; Fax: (507) 255 7964; E-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorRickey Carter PhD
Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChristine El-Yahchouchi MD
Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Search for more papers by this authorJennifer Geske MS
Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFelix Diehn MD
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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