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Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging in Diffuse Axonal Injury
Konstantinos Arfanakis, Victor M. Haughton, John D. Carew, Baxter P. Rogers, Robert J. Dempsey and M. Elizabeth Meyerand
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2002, 23 (5) 794-802;
Konstantinos Arfanakis
Victor M. Haughton
John D. Carew
Baxter P. Rogers
Robert J. Dempsey

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