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MR Line-scan Diffusion Imaging of the Spinal Cord in Children
Richard L. Robertson, Stephan E. Maier, Robert V. Mulkern, Sridhar Vajapayam, Caroline D. Robson and Patrick D. Barnes
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2000, 21 (7) 1344-1348;
Richard L. Robertson
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.L.R., R.V.M., S.V., C.D.R., P.D.B.), Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Radiology (S.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Stephan E. Maier
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.L.R., R.V.M., S.V., C.D.R., P.D.B.), Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Radiology (S.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Robert V. Mulkern
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.L.R., R.V.M., S.V., C.D.R., P.D.B.), Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Radiology (S.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Sridhar Vajapayam
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.L.R., R.V.M., S.V., C.D.R., P.D.B.), Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Radiology (S.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Caroline D. Robson
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.L.R., R.V.M., S.V., C.D.R., P.D.B.), Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Radiology (S.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Patrick D. Barnes
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.L.R., R.V.M., S.V., C.D.R., P.D.B.), Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Radiology (S.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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