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Magnetization Transfer Imaging in Patients with Clinically Isolated Syndromes Suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis
Peter A. Brex, Siobhan M. Leary, Gordon T. Plant, Alan J. Thompson and David H. Miller
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2001, 22 (5) 947-951;
Peter A. Brex
Siobhan M. Leary
Gordon T. Plant
Alan J. Thompson

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