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Utility of Early Postoperative DWI to Assess the Extent of Resection of Adult-Type World Health Organization Grade 2 and 3 Diffuse Gliomas

Conor Brosnan, Jack Henry, Paul McHugh, Emma Griffin, Martin Mulligan, Francesca Brett, Stephen MacNally, Alan O’Hare and Seamus Looby
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2024, 45 (11) 1769-1776; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8397
Conor Brosnan
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.B., A.O., S.L.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Jack Henry
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (J.H., P.M., E.G., S.M.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Paul McHugh
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (J.H., P.M., E.G., S.M.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Emma Griffin
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (J.H., P.M., E.G., S.M.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Martin Mulligan
cDepartment of Pathology (M.M., F.B.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Francesca Brett
cDepartment of Pathology (M.M., F.B.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Stephen MacNally
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (J.H., P.M., E.G., S.M.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Alan O’Hare
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.B., A.O., S.L.), Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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