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Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

B.M. Ellingson, J.L. Ulmer, S.N. Kurpad and B.D. Schmit
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2008, 29 (10) 1976-1982; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1272
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