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White Matter Alterations in Cognitively Normal apoE ɛ2 Carriers: Insight into Alzheimer Resistance?

G.C. Chiang, W. Zhan, N. Schuff and M.W. Weiner
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2012, 33 (7) 1392-1397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2984
G.C. Chiang
aFrom the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, and the Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
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W. Zhan
aFrom the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, and the Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
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N. Schuff
aFrom the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, and the Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
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M.W. Weiner
aFrom the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, and the Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
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