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Apparent Diffusion Coefficients in Spinal Cord Transplants and Surrounding White Matter Correlate with Degree of Axonal Dieback After Injury in Rats
Eric D. Schwartz, Chih-Liang Chin, Jed S. Shumsky, Abbas F. Jawad, B. Kooper Brown, Suzanne Wehrli, Alan Tessler, Marion Murray and David B. Hackney
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2005, 26 (1) 7-18;
Eric D. Schwartz
Chih-Liang Chin
Jed S. Shumsky
Abbas F. Jawad
B. Kooper Brown
Suzanne Wehrli
Alan Tessler
Marion Murray
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Apparent Diffusion Coefficients in Spinal Cord Transplants and Surrounding White Matter Correlate with Degree of Axonal Dieback After Injury in Rats
Eric D. Schwartz, Chih-Liang Chin, Jed S. Shumsky, Abbas F. Jawad, B. Kooper Brown, Suzanne Wehrli, Alan Tessler, Marion Murray, David B. Hackney
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2005, 26 (1) 7-18;
Apparent Diffusion Coefficients in Spinal Cord Transplants and Surrounding White Matter Correlate with Degree of Axonal Dieback After Injury in Rats
Eric D. Schwartz, Chih-Liang Chin, Jed S. Shumsky, Abbas F. Jawad, B. Kooper Brown, Suzanne Wehrli, Alan Tessler, Marion Murray, David B. Hackney
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2005, 26 (1) 7-18;
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