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Optimizing MR Imaging Detection of Type 2 Focal Cortical Dysplasia: Best Criteria for Clinical Practice

C. Mellerio, M.-A. Labeyrie, F. Chassoux, C. Daumas-Duport, E. Landre, B. Turak, F.-X. Roux, J.-F. Meder, B. Devaux and C. Oppenheim
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2012, 33 (10) 1932-1938; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3081
C. Mellerio
aFrom the Departments of Neuroimaging (C.M., M.-A.L., J.-F.M., C.O.)
dUniversité Paris Descartes (C.M., M.-A.L., F.C., J.-F.M., C.O.), Paris, France.
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M.-A. Labeyrie
aFrom the Departments of Neuroimaging (C.M., M.-A.L., J.-F.M., C.O.)
dUniversité Paris Descartes (C.M., M.-A.L., F.C., J.-F.M., C.O.), Paris, France.
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F. Chassoux
bNeurosurgery (F.C., E.L., B.T., F.-X.R., B.D.)
dUniversité Paris Descartes (C.M., M.-A.L., F.C., J.-F.M., C.O.), Paris, France.
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C. Daumas-Duport
cNeuropathology (C.D.-D.), Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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E. Landre
bNeurosurgery (F.C., E.L., B.T., F.-X.R., B.D.)
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B. Turak
bNeurosurgery (F.C., E.L., B.T., F.-X.R., B.D.)
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F.-X. Roux
bNeurosurgery (F.C., E.L., B.T., F.-X.R., B.D.)
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J.-F. Meder
aFrom the Departments of Neuroimaging (C.M., M.-A.L., J.-F.M., C.O.)
dUniversité Paris Descartes (C.M., M.-A.L., F.C., J.-F.M., C.O.), Paris, France.
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B. Devaux
bNeurosurgery (F.C., E.L., B.T., F.-X.R., B.D.)
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C. Oppenheim
aFrom the Departments of Neuroimaging (C.M., M.-A.L., J.-F.M., C.O.)
dUniversité Paris Descartes (C.M., M.-A.L., F.C., J.-F.M., C.O.), Paris, France.
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