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A. Watanabe, T. Horikoshi, M. Uchida, H. Koizumi, T. Yagishita and H. Kinouchi
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2009, 30 (1) 147-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1277
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