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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
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