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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastases: Visibility on PET and Correlation with MRI Features

P.M. Mostardi, F.E. Diehn, J.B. Rykken, L.J. Eckel, K.M. Schwartz, T.J. Kaufmann, C.P. Wood, J.T. Wald and C.H. Hunt
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2014, 35 (1) 196-201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3618
P.M. Mostardi
aFrom the Mayo Medical School (P.M.M.)
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F.E. Diehn
bDivision of Neuroradiology (F.E.D., L.J.E., K.M.S., T.J.K., C.P.W., J.T.W., C.H.H.), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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J.B. Rykken
cDivision of Neuroradiology (J.B.R.), Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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L.J. Eckel
bDivision of Neuroradiology (F.E.D., L.J.E., K.M.S., T.J.K., C.P.W., J.T.W., C.H.H.), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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K.M. Schwartz
bDivision of Neuroradiology (F.E.D., L.J.E., K.M.S., T.J.K., C.P.W., J.T.W., C.H.H.), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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T.J. Kaufmann
bDivision of Neuroradiology (F.E.D., L.J.E., K.M.S., T.J.K., C.P.W., J.T.W., C.H.H.), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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C.P. Wood
bDivision of Neuroradiology (F.E.D., L.J.E., K.M.S., T.J.K., C.P.W., J.T.W., C.H.H.), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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J.T. Wald
bDivision of Neuroradiology (F.E.D., L.J.E., K.M.S., T.J.K., C.P.W., J.T.W., C.H.H.), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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C.H. Hunt
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P.M. Mostardi, F.E. Diehn, J.B. Rykken, L.J. Eckel, K.M. Schwartz, T.J. Kaufmann, C.P. Wood, J.T. Wald, C.H. Hunt
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastases: Visibility on PET and Correlation with MRI Features
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2014, 35 (1) 196-201; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3618

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2014, 35 (1) 196-201; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3618
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