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Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging Depicts Diffuse Axonal Injury in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

Barbara A. Holshouser, Karen A. Tong and Stephen Ashwal
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2005, 26 (5) 1276-1285;
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