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3D MR Neurography of the Lumbosacral Plexus: Obtaining Optimal Images for Selective Longitudinal Nerve Depiction

G. Cho Sims, E. Boothe, R. Joodi and A. Chhabra
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2016, 37 (11) 2158-2162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4879
G. Cho Sims
aFrom the Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
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