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Regional Distribution and Clinical Correlates of White Matter Structural Damage in Huntington Disease: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study

R. Della Nave, A. Ginestroni, C. Tessa, M. Giannelli, S. Piacentini, M. Filippi and M. Mascalchi
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2010, 31 (9) 1675-1681; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2128
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