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MR Imaging of the Temporal Stem: Anatomic Dissection Tractography of the Uncinate Fasciculus, Inferior Occipitofrontal Fasciculus, and Meyer’s Loop of the Optic Radiation

E. Leon Kier, Lawrence H. Staib, Lawrence M. Davis and Richard A. Bronen
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2004, 25 (5) 677-691;
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