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Proton Density MRI Increases Detection of Cervical Spinal Cord Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Compared with T2-Weighted Fast Spin-Echo

A.L. Chong, R.V. Chandra, K.C. Chuah, E.L. Roberts and S.L. Stuckey
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2016, 37 (1) 180-184; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4476
A.L. Chong
aFrom Monash Imaging (A.L.C., R.V.C., K.C.C., E.L.R., S.L.S.), Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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R.V. Chandra
aFrom Monash Imaging (A.L.C., R.V.C., K.C.C., E.L.R., S.L.S.), Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
bDepartments of Medicine (R.V.C., S.L.S.)
cSurgery (R.V.C.)
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K.C. Chuah
aFrom Monash Imaging (A.L.C., R.V.C., K.C.C., E.L.R., S.L.S.), Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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E.L. Roberts
aFrom Monash Imaging (A.L.C., R.V.C., K.C.C., E.L.R., S.L.S.), Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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S.L. Stuckey
aFrom Monash Imaging (A.L.C., R.V.C., K.C.C., E.L.R., S.L.S.), Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
bDepartments of Medicine (R.V.C., S.L.S.)
dImaging (S.L.S.), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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A.L. Chong, R.V. Chandra, K.C. Chuah, E.L. Roberts, S.L. Stuckey
Proton Density MRI Increases Detection of Cervical Spinal Cord Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Compared with T2-Weighted Fast Spin-Echo
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2016, 37 (1) 180-184; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4476

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