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FIG 1. Axial T2-weighted double fast spin-echo images (2000/17/96), obtained 4 mm below the knee joint, and time course graph.
A, Obtained 48 hours after transection of the left sciatic nerve. A slight signal intensity increase in the denervated muscles of the lower leg is already present.
B, Obtained 2 months after transection of the left sciatic nerve. The signal intensity increase becomes more prominent. The gracilis muscle (innervated by the obturator nerve, arrows) is not affected.
C, Time course of the difference in T2 TR between the peroneal, soleus, and gracilis muscles of the left and right lower legs.
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