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Discrepancy Between Neuroimaging Findings and Clinical Phenotype in Alexander Disease

A. Dinopoulos, J.R. Gorospe, J.C. Egelhoff, K.M. Cecil, P. Nicolaidou, P. Morehart and T. DeGrauw
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2006, 27 (10) 2088-2092;
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