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Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Acute Corticospinal Tract Injury Preceding Wallerian Degeneration in the Maturing Human Brain
Avi Mazumdar, Pratik Mukherjee, Jeffrey H. Miller, Hiten Malde and Robert C. McKinstry
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2003, 24 (6) 1057-1066;
Avi Mazumdar
Pratik Mukherjee
Jeffrey H. Miller
Hiten Malde

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Avi Mazumdar, Pratik Mukherjee, Jeffrey H. Miller, Hiten Malde, Robert C. McKinstry
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Acute Corticospinal Tract Injury Preceding Wallerian Degeneration in the Maturing Human Brain
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2003, 24 (6) 1057-1066;
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