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Magnetization Transfer Imaging and Proton MR Spectroscopy in the Evaluation of Axonal Injury: Correlation with Clinical Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury
Grant Sinson, Linda J. Bagley, Kim M. Cecil, Maria Torchia, Joseph C. McGowan, Robert E. Lenkinski, Tracy K. McIntosh and Robert I. Grossman
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2001, 22 (1) 143-151;
Grant Sinson
Linda J. Bagley
Kim M. Cecil
Maria Torchia
Joseph C. McGowan
Robert E. Lenkinski
Tracy K. McIntosh

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Grant Sinson, Linda J. Bagley, Kim M. Cecil, Maria Torchia, Joseph C. McGowan, Robert E. Lenkinski, Tracy K. McIntosh, Robert I. Grossman
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Grant Sinson, Linda J. Bagley, Kim M. Cecil, Maria Torchia, Joseph C. McGowan, Robert E. Lenkinski, Tracy K. McIntosh, Robert I. Grossman
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