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Amide Proton Transfer Imaging Allows Detection of Glioma Grades and Tumor Proliferation: Comparison with Ki-67 Expression and Proton MR Spectroscopy Imaging

C. Su, C. Liu, L. Zhao, J. Jiang, J. Zhang, S. Li, W. Zhu and J. Wang
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2017, 38 (9) 1702-1709; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5301
C. Su
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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C. Liu
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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L. Zhao
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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J. Jiang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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J. Zhang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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S. Li
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.S., C.L., L.Z., J.J., J.Z., S.L., W.Z.), Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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bDepartment of Radiation Physics (J.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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