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Temporal Horn Index and Volume of Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy Using a New Semiautomated Method for Rapid and Precise Assessment
F.L. Giesel, H.K. Hahn, P.A. Thomann, E. Widjaja, E. Wignall, H. von Tengg-Kobligk, J. Pantel, P.D. Griffiths, H.O. Peitgen, J. Schroder and M. Essig
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2006, 27 (7) 1454-1458;
F.L. Giesel
H.K. Hahn
P.A. Thomann
E. Widjaja
E. Wignall
H. von Tengg-Kobligk
J. Pantel
P.D. Griffiths
H.O. Peitgen
J. Schroder
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Temporal Horn Index and Volume of Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy Using a New Semiautomated Method for Rapid and Precise Assessment
F.L. Giesel, H.K. Hahn, P.A. Thomann, E. Widjaja, E. Wignall, H. von Tengg-Kobligk, J. Pantel, P.D. Griffiths, H.O. Peitgen, J. Schroder, M. Essig
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2006, 27 (7) 1454-1458;
Temporal Horn Index and Volume of Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy Using a New Semiautomated Method for Rapid and Precise Assessment
F.L. Giesel, H.K. Hahn, P.A. Thomann, E. Widjaja, E. Wignall, H. von Tengg-Kobligk, J. Pantel, P.D. Griffiths, H.O. Peitgen, J. Schroder, M. Essig
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2006, 27 (7) 1454-1458;
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