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Morphologic, Distributional, Volumetric, and Intensity Characterization of Periventricular Hyperintensities

M.C. Valdés Hernández, R.J. Piper, M.E. Bastin, N.A. Royle, S. Muñoz Maniega, B.S. Aribisala, C. Murray, I.J. Deary and J.M. Wardlaw
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2014, 35 (1) 55-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3612
M.C. Valdés Hernández
aFrom the Brain Research Imaging Centre (M.C.V.H., M.E.B., N.A.R., S.M.M., B.S.A., J.M.W.)
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R.J. Piper
bCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (R.J.P.)
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M.E. Bastin
aFrom the Brain Research Imaging Centre (M.C.V.H., M.E.B., N.A.R., S.M.M., B.S.A., J.M.W.)
cDivision of Health Sciences (Medical Physics) (M.E.B.)
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N.A. Royle
aFrom the Brain Research Imaging Centre (M.C.V.H., M.E.B., N.A.R., S.M.M., B.S.A., J.M.W.)
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S. Muñoz Maniega
aFrom the Brain Research Imaging Centre (M.C.V.H., M.E.B., N.A.R., S.M.M., B.S.A., J.M.W.)
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B.S. Aribisala
aFrom the Brain Research Imaging Centre (M.C.V.H., M.E.B., N.A.R., S.M.M., B.S.A., J.M.W.)
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C. Murray
dDepartment of Psychology (C.M., I.J.D.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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I.J. Deary
dDepartment of Psychology (C.M., I.J.D.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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J.M. Wardlaw
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