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MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tracking in Spinal Cord Compression

David Facon, Augustin Ozanne, Pierre Fillard, Jean-François Lepeintre, Caroline Tournoux-Facon and Denis Ducreux
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2005, 26 (6) 1587-1594;
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