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Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Mapping of the Hippocampus and the Amygdala in Pharmaco-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

P.M. Gonçalves Pereira, E. Oliveira and P. Rosado
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2006, 27 (3) 671-683;

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Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Mapping of the Hippocampus and the Amygdala in Pharmaco-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
P.M. Gonçalves Pereira, E. Oliveira, P. Rosado
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2006, 27 (3) 671-683;
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