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Diffusion Tensor Analysis of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Clinically Isolated Syndromes

M.S. Vishwas, B.C. Healy, R. Pienaar, M.P. Gorman, P.E. Grant and T. Chitnis
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2013, 34 (2) 417-423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3216
M.S. Vishwas
aFrom Partners Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center (M.S.V., M.P.G., T.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
bAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (M.S.V., R.P., P.E.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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B.C. Healy
cBiostatistics Center (B.C.H.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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R. Pienaar
bAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (M.S.V., R.P., P.E.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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M.P. Gorman
aFrom Partners Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center (M.S.V., M.P.G., T.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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P.E. Grant
bAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (M.S.V., R.P., P.E.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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T. Chitnis
aFrom Partners Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center (M.S.V., M.P.G., T.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2013, 34 (2) 417-423; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3216
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