Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Reproducibility of Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging (PEPSI): Comparison of Dyslexic and Normal-Reading Children and Effects of Treatment on Brain Lactate Levels during Language Tasks
Todd L. Richards, Virginia W. Berninger, Elizabeth H. Aylward, Anne L. Richards, Jennifer B. Thomson, William E. Nagy, Joanne F. Carlisle, Stephen R. Dager and Robert D. Abbott
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2002, 23 (10) 1678-1685;
Todd L. Richards
Virginia W. Berninger
Elizabeth H. Aylward
Anne L. Richards
Jennifer B. Thomson
William E. Nagy
Joanne F. Carlisle
Stephen R. Dager

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Reproducibility of Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging (PEPSI): Comparison of Dyslexic and Normal-Reading Children and Effects of Treatment on Brain Lactate Levels during Language Tasks
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Reproducibility of Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging (PEPSI): Comparison of Dyslexic and Normal-Reading Children and Effects of Treatment on Brain Lactate Levels during Language Tasks
Todd L. Richards, Virginia W. Berninger, Elizabeth H. Aylward, Anne L. Richards, Jennifer B. Thomson, William E. Nagy, Joanne F. Carlisle, Stephen R. Dager, Robert D. Abbott
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2002, 23 (10) 1678-1685;
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