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Differentiating Atypical Hemangiomas and Metastatic Vertebral Lesions: The Role of T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI

K.A. Morales, J. Arevalo-Perez, K.K. Peck, A.I. Holodny, E. Lis and S. Karimi
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2018, 39 (5) 968-973; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5630
K.A. Morales
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (K.A.M., J.A.-P., K.K.P., A.I.H., E.L., S.K.)
cUniversity of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (K.A.M.), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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J. Arevalo-Perez
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (K.A.M., J.A.-P., K.K.P., A.I.H., E.L., S.K.)
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K.K. Peck
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bMedical Physics (K.K.P.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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E. Lis
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K.A. Morales, J. Arevalo-Perez, K.K. Peck, A.I. Holodny, E. Lis, S. Karimi
Differentiating Atypical Hemangiomas and Metastatic Vertebral Lesions: The Role of T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI
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American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2018, 39 (5) 968-973; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5630
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