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Magnetization Transfer and Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Matilde Inglese, Fabrizio Salvi, Giuseppe Iannucci, Gian Luigi Mancardi, Mario Mascalchi and Massimo Filippi
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2002, 23 (2) 267-272;
Matilde Inglese
Fabrizio Salvi
Giuseppe Iannucci
Gian Luigi Mancardi
Mario Mascalchi

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