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Thalamic Involvement and Its Impact on Clinical Disability in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study at 3T
F. Tovar-Moll, I.E. Evangelou, A.W. Chiu, N.D. Richert, J.L. Ostuni, J.M. Ohayon, S. Auh, M. Ehrmantraut, S.L. Talagala, H.F. McFarland and F. Bagnato
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2009, 30 (7) 1380-1386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1564
F. Tovar-Moll
I.E. Evangelou
A.W. Chiu
N.D. Richert
J.L. Ostuni
J.M. Ohayon
S. Auh
M. Ehrmantraut
S.L. Talagala
H.F. McFarland
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Thalamic Involvement and Its Impact on Clinical Disability in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study at 3T
F. Tovar-Moll, I.E. Evangelou, A.W. Chiu, N.D. Richert, J.L. Ostuni, J.M. Ohayon, S. Auh, M. Ehrmantraut, S.L. Talagala, H.F. McFarland, F. Bagnato
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2009, 30 (7) 1380-1386; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1564
Thalamic Involvement and Its Impact on Clinical Disability in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study at 3T
F. Tovar-Moll, I.E. Evangelou, A.W. Chiu, N.D. Richert, J.L. Ostuni, J.M. Ohayon, S. Auh, M. Ehrmantraut, S.L. Talagala, H.F. McFarland, F. Bagnato
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2009, 30 (7) 1380-1386; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1564
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