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Brain MR Spectroscopic Findings in 3 Consecutive Patients with COVID-19: Preliminary Observations

O. Rapalino, A. Weerasekera, S.J. Moum, K. Eikermann-Haerter, B.L. Edlow, D. Fischer, A. Torrado-Carvajal, M.L. Loggia, S.S. Mukerji, P.W. Schaefer, R.G. Gonzalez, M.H. Lev and E.-M. Ratai
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2021, 42 (1) 37-41; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6877
O. Rapalino
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
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A. Weerasekera
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
cA.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (A.W., A.T.-C., M.L.L., E.R.), Charlestown, Massachusetts
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S.J. Moum
dAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (S.J.M.)
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K. Eikermann-Haerter
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
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B.L. Edlow
bNeurology (B.L.E., D.F., S.S.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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D. Fischer
bNeurology (B.L.E., D.F., S.S.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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A. Torrado-Carvajal
cA.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (A.W., A.T.-C., M.L.L., E.R.), Charlestown, Massachusetts
eMedical Image Analysis and Biometry Laboratory (A.T.-C.), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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M.L. Loggia
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
cA.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (A.W., A.T.-C., M.L.L., E.R.), Charlestown, Massachusetts
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S.S. Mukerji
bNeurology (B.L.E., D.F., S.S.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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P.W. Schaefer
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
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R.G. Gonzalez
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
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M.H. Lev
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (O.R., A.W., K.E.-H., M.L.L., P.W.S., R.G.G., M.H.L., E.R.)
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E.-M. Ratai
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cA.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (A.W., A.T.-C., M.L.L., E.R.), Charlestown, Massachusetts
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