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MRI Predictors of Recurrence and Outcome after Acute Transverse Myelitis of Unidentified Etiology

E. Bulut, T. Shoemaker, J. Karakaya, D.M. Ray, M.A. Mealy, M. Levy and I. Izbudak
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6121
E. Bulut
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.B.)
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T. Shoemaker
cDepartment of Neurology (T.S., M.A.M., M.L.)
eDepartment of Neurological Sciences (T.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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J. Karakaya
bStatistics (J.K.), Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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D.M. Ray
dDivision of Neuroradiology (D.M.R., I.I.), The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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M.A. Mealy
cDepartment of Neurology (T.S., M.A.M., M.L.)
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M. Levy
cDepartment of Neurology (T.S., M.A.M., M.L.)
fDepartment of Neurology (M.L.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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I. Izbudak
dDivision of Neuroradiology (D.M.R., I.I.), The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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E. Bulut, T. Shoemaker, J. Karakaya, D.M. Ray, M.A. Mealy, M. Levy, I. Izbudak
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2019, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6121

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