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Smaller Gray Matter Volumes in Frontal and Parietal Cortices of Solvent Abusers Correlate with Cognitive Deficits

K. Aydin, S. Kircan, S. Sarwar, O. Okur and E. Balaban
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2009, 30 (10) 1922-1928; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1728
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