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1H-MR Spectroscopy, Magnetization Transfer, and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Patients with Cirrhosis with Hepatic Encephalopathy
F. Miese, G. Kircheis, H.J. Wittsack, F. Wenserski, J. Hemker, U. Mödder, D. Häussinger and M. Cohnen
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2006, 27 (5) 1019-1026;
F. Miese
G. Kircheis
H.J. Wittsack
F. Wenserski
J. Hemker
U. Mödder
D. Häussinger
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1H-MR Spectroscopy, Magnetization Transfer, and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Patients with Cirrhosis with Hepatic Encephalopathy
F. Miese, G. Kircheis, H.J. Wittsack, F. Wenserski, J. Hemker, U. Mödder, D. Häussinger, M. Cohnen
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2006, 27 (5) 1019-1026;
1H-MR Spectroscopy, Magnetization Transfer, and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Patients with Cirrhosis with Hepatic Encephalopathy
F. Miese, G. Kircheis, H.J. Wittsack, F. Wenserski, J. Hemker, U. Mödder, D. Häussinger, M. Cohnen
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2006, 27 (5) 1019-1026;
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