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Differentiation of Pyogenic Brain Abscesses from Necrotic Glioblastomas with Use of Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging

C.H. Toh, K.-C. Wei, C.-N. Chang, P.-W. Hsu, H.-F. Wong, S.-H. Ng, M. Castillo and C.-P. Lin
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2012, 33 (8) 1534-1538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2986
C.H. Toh
aFrom the Departments of Medical Imaging and Intervention (C.H.T., H.-F.W., S.-H.N.)
cDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences (C.H.T., C.-P.L.)
dBrain Connectivity Laboratory (C.H.T., C.-P.L.), Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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K.-C. Wei
bNeurosurgery (K.-C.W., C.-N.C., P.-W.H.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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C.-N. Chang
bNeurosurgery (K.-C.W., C.-N.C., P.-W.H.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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P.-W. Hsu
bNeurosurgery (K.-C.W., C.-N.C., P.-W.H.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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H.-F. Wong
aFrom the Departments of Medical Imaging and Intervention (C.H.T., H.-F.W., S.-H.N.)
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S.-H. Ng
aFrom the Departments of Medical Imaging and Intervention (C.H.T., H.-F.W., S.-H.N.)
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M. Castillo
eDepartment of Radiology (M.C.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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C.-P. Lin
cDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences (C.H.T., C.-P.L.)
dBrain Connectivity Laboratory (C.H.T., C.-P.L.), Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2012, 33 (8) 1534-1538; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2986

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2012, 33 (8) 1534-1538; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2986
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