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Monitoring of Acute Generalized Status Epilepticus Using Multilocal Diffusion MR Imaging: Early Prediction of Regional Neuronal Damage
T. Engelhorn, A. Hufnagel, J. Weise, M. Baehr and A. Doerfler
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2007, 28 (2) 321-327;
T. Engelhorn
A. Hufnagel
J. Weise
M. Baehr

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T. Engelhorn, A. Hufnagel, J. Weise, M. Baehr, A. Doerfler
Monitoring of Acute Generalized Status Epilepticus Using Multilocal Diffusion MR Imaging: Early Prediction of Regional Neuronal Damage
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2007, 28 (2) 321-327;
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