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Localization of the First and Second Somatosensory Areas in the Human Cerebral Cortex with Functional MR Imaging

Gabriele Polonara, Mara Fabri, Tullio Manzoni and Ugo Salvolini
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 1999, 20 (2) 199-205;
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