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Proton MR Spectroscopy in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Suspected Mitochondrial Disease
Doris D. M. Lin, Thomas O. Crawford and Peter B. Barker
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2003, 24 (1) 33-41;
Doris D. M. Lin
Thomas O. Crawford

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