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The Incidence of T2-Weighted MR Imaging Signal Abnormalities in the Brain of Cocaine-Dependent Patients Is Age-Related and Region-Specific

George Bartzokis, Iris B. Goldstein, Darwood B. Hance, Mace Beckson, David Shapiro, Po H. Lu, Nancy Edwards, Jim Mintz and Peter Bridge
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 1999, 20 (9) 1628-1635;

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The Incidence of T2-Weighted MR Imaging Signal Abnormalities in the Brain of Cocaine-Dependent Patients Is Age-Related and Region-Specific
George Bartzokis, Iris B. Goldstein, Darwood B. Hance, Mace Beckson, David Shapiro, Po H. Lu, Nancy Edwards, Jim Mintz, Peter Bridge
American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 1999, 20 (9) 1628-1635;
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