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Iron-Insensitive Quantitative Assessment of Subcortical Gray Matter Demyelination in Multiple Sclerosis Using the Macromolecular Proton Fraction

V.L. Yarnykh, E.P. Krutenkova, G. Aitmagambetova, P. Repovic, A. Mayadev, P. Qian, L.K. Jung Henson, B. Gangadharan and J.D. Bowen
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2018, 39 (4) 618-625; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5542
V.L. Yarnykh
aFrom the Department of Radiology (V.L.Y.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
bResearch Institute of Biology and Biophysics (E.P.K., G.A., V.L.Y.), Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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E.P. Krutenkova
bResearch Institute of Biology and Biophysics (E.P.K., G.A., V.L.Y.), Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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G. Aitmagambetova
bResearch Institute of Biology and Biophysics (E.P.K., G.A., V.L.Y.), Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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P. Repovic
cMultiple Sclerosis Center (P.R., A.M., P.Q., L.K.J.H., B.G., J.D.B.), Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington
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A. Mayadev
cMultiple Sclerosis Center (P.R., A.M., P.Q., L.K.J.H., B.G., J.D.B.), Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington
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P. Qian
cMultiple Sclerosis Center (P.R., A.M., P.Q., L.K.J.H., B.G., J.D.B.), Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington
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L.K. Jung Henson
cMultiple Sclerosis Center (P.R., A.M., P.Q., L.K.J.H., B.G., J.D.B.), Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington
dPiedmont Henry Hospital (L.K.J.H.), Stockbridge, Georgia.
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B. Gangadharan
cMultiple Sclerosis Center (P.R., A.M., P.Q., L.K.J.H., B.G., J.D.B.), Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington
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J.D. Bowen
cMultiple Sclerosis Center (P.R., A.M., P.Q., L.K.J.H., B.G., J.D.B.), Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Washington
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