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Cortical Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis: Combined Postmortem MR Imaging and Histopathology

Jeroen J. G. Geurts, Lars Bö, Petra J. W. Pouwels, Jonas A. Castelijns, Chris H. Polman and Frederik Barkhof
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2005, 26 (3) 572-577;
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