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The Ependymal “Dot-Dash” Sign: An MR Imaging Finding of Early Multiple Sclerosis
Christopher J. Lisanti, Patrick Asbach and William G. Bradley
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2005, 26 (8) 2033-2036;
Christopher J. Lisanti
Patrick Asbach
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