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Macro- and Microstructural Changes in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6: Assessment of Phylogenetic Subdivisions of the Cerebellum and the Brain Stem

K. Sato, K. Ishigame, S.H. Ying, K. Oishi, M.I. Miller and S. Mori
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2015, 36 (1) 84-90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4085
K. Sato
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.)
fDepartment of Radiology (K.S.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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K. Ishigame
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.)
gDepartment of Radiology (K.I.), University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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S.H. Ying
bDepartments of Radiology (S.H.Y.)
cNeurology (S.H.Y.)
dOphthalmology (S.H.Y.)
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K. Oishi
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.)
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M.I. Miller
eCenter for Imaging Science (M.I.M.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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S. Mori
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.)
hF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (S.M.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
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