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Quantitative MR Imaging R2 Relaxometry in Elderly Participants Reporting Memory Loss
M.J. House, T.G. St. Pierre, J.K. Foster, R.N. Martins and R. Clarnette
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2006, 27 (2) 430-439;
M.J. House
T.G. St. Pierre
J.K. Foster
R.N. Martins

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M.J. House, T.G. St. Pierre, J.K. Foster, R.N. Martins, R. Clarnette
Quantitative MR Imaging R2 Relaxometry in Elderly Participants Reporting Memory Loss
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