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Cortical Perfusion Alteration in Normal-Appearing Gray Matter Is Most Sensitive to Disease Progression in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

S.-P. Hojjat, M. Kincal, R. Vitorino, C.G. Cantrell, A. Feinstein, L. Zhang, L. Lee, P. O'Connor, T.J. Carroll and R.I. Aviv
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2016, 37 (8) 1454-1461; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4737
S.-P. Hojjat
cMedical Imaging (S.-P.H., M.K., R.V., R.I.A., L.Z.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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S.-P. Hojjat, M. Kincal, R. Vitorino, C.G. Cantrell, A. Feinstein, L. Zhang, L. Lee, P. O'Connor, T.J. Carroll, R.I. Aviv
Cortical Perfusion Alteration in Normal-Appearing Gray Matter Is Most Sensitive to Disease Progression in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2016, 37 (8) 1454-1461; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4737
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