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Preoperative Grading of Presumptive Low-Grade Astrocytomas on MR Imaging: Diagnostic Value of Minimum Apparent Diffusion Coefficient

E.J. Lee, S.K. Lee, R. Agid, J.M. Bae, A. Keller and K. terBrugge
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2008, 29 (10) 1872-1877; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1254
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E.J. Lee, S.K. Lee, R. Agid, J.M. Bae, A. Keller, K. terBrugge
Preoperative Grading of Presumptive Low-Grade Astrocytomas on MR Imaging: Diagnostic Value of Minimum Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2008, 29 (10) 1872-1877; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1254

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2008, 29 (10) 1872-1877; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1254
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