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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Utility of Fluid-attenuated Inversion Recovery MR Imaging in the Detection of Cortical and Subcortical Lesions
Sean O. Casey, Ricardo C. Sampaio, Eduard Michel and Charles L. Truwit
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2000, 21 (7) 1199-1206;
Sean O. Casey
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Ricardo C. Sampaio
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Eduard Michel
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Charles L. Truwit
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.

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