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Measuring Cerebral and Cerebellar Glutathione in Children Using 1H MEGA-PRESS MRS

F. Raschke, R. Noeske, R.A Dineen and D.P. Auer
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2018, 39 (2) 375-379; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5457
F. Raschke
aFrom the National Center for Tumor Diseases (F.R.), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany
bGerman Cancer Research Center (F.R.), Heidelberg, Germany
cMedical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (F.R.), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
dHelmholtz Association/Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (F.R.), Dresden, Germany
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R. Noeske
eGE Healthcare (R.N.), Applied Science Lab Europe, Berlin, Germany
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R.A Dineen
fSir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre (R.A.D., D.P.A.), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
gRadiological Sciences, (R.A.D., D.P.A.), Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
hNational Institute for Health Research (R.A.D., D.P.A.), Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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D.P. Auer
fSir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre (R.A.D., D.P.A.), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
gRadiological Sciences, (R.A.D., D.P.A.), Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
hNational Institute for Health Research (R.A.D., D.P.A.), Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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