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MR-Revealed Myelination in the Cerebral Corticospinal Tract as a Marker for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher's Disease with Proteolipid Protein Gene Duplication
Jun-ichi Takanashi, Katsuo Sugita, Yuzo Tanabe, Kasumi Nagasawa, Ken Inoue, Hitoshi Osaka and Yoichi Kohno
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 1999, 20 (10) 1822-1828;
Jun-ichi Takanashi
Katsuo Sugita
Yuzo Tanabe
Kasumi Nagasawa
Ken Inoue
Hitoshi Osaka

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MR-Revealed Myelination in the Cerebral Corticospinal Tract as a Marker for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher's Disease with Proteolipid Protein Gene Duplication
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 1999, 20 (10) 1822-1828;
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MR-Revealed Myelination in the Cerebral Corticospinal Tract as a Marker for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher's Disease with Proteolipid Protein Gene Duplication
Jun-ichi Takanashi, Katsuo Sugita, Yuzo Tanabe, Kasumi Nagasawa, Ken Inoue, Hitoshi Osaka, Yoichi Kohno
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 1999, 20 (10) 1822-1828;
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