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Partial Reversal of Shunt Myelopathy and Hepatic Parkinsonism Using Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration

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MP, AS and AB were the primary investigators and drafted the manuscript; Profs Sarin was the primary consultants. AM and YP were the consultant interventional radiologists who performed the procedures. All authors were responsible for drafting, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

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Mukund, A., Premkumar, M., Srivastava, A. et al. Partial Reversal of Shunt Myelopathy and Hepatic Parkinsonism Using Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-024-03729-6

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