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Mika Kitajima, Yukunori Korogi, Tomoko Okuda, Shin-ya Shiraishi, Osamu Ikeda, Shoji Morishita, Mutsumasa Takahashi and Komyo Eto
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 1999, 20 (6) 1009-1014;
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