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Continuing the search for MR imaging biomarkers for MGMT promoter methylation status: conventional and perfusion MRI revisited

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  1. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Ajay Gupta & Akash D. Shah

  2. Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Antonio M. P. Omuro & Jerome J. Graber

  3. Brain Tumor Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Antonio M. P. Omuro & Robert J. Young

  4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Weiji Shi & Zhigang Zhang

  5. Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, MRI-1156, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Robert J. Young

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Gupta, A., Omuro, A.M.P., Shah, A.D. et al. Continuing the search for MR imaging biomarkers for MGMT promoter methylation status: conventional and perfusion MRI revisited. Neuroradiology 54, 641–643 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-011-0970-z

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