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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;

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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, Massimo Filippi
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2002, 23 (2) 267-272;
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