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Enhanced Detection of Diffusion Reductions in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease at a Higher B Factor

H. Lee, C. Hoffman, P.B. Kingsley, A. Degnan, O. Cohen and I. Prohovnik
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2010, 31 (1) 49-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1756
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