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Technetium Tc-99m Ethyl Cysteinate Dimer Brain Single-Photon Emission CT in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Study
N.K. Gowda, D. Agrawal, C. Bal, N. Chandrashekar, M. Tripati, G.P. Bandopadhyaya, A. Malhotra and A.K. Mahapatra
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2006, 27 (2) 447-451;
N.K. Gowda
D. Agrawal
C. Bal
N. Chandrashekar
M. Tripati
G.P. Bandopadhyaya
A. Malhotra
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Technetium Tc-99m Ethyl Cysteinate Dimer Brain Single-Photon Emission CT in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Study
N.K. Gowda, D. Agrawal, C. Bal, N. Chandrashekar, M. Tripati, G.P. Bandopadhyaya, A. Malhotra, A.K. Mahapatra
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2006, 27 (2) 447-451;
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