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Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging of the Neurologically Intact Human Spinal Cord
B.M. Ellingson, J.L. Ulmer, S.N. Kurpad and B.D. Schmit
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2008, 29 (7) 1279-1284; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1064
B.M. Ellingson
J.L. Ulmer
S.N. Kurpad

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B.M. Ellingson, J.L. Ulmer, S.N. Kurpad, B.D. Schmit
Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging of the Neurologically Intact Human Spinal Cord
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2008, 29 (7) 1279-1284; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1064
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