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Fractional Anisotropy is a More Sensitive Diagnostic Biomarker Than Mean Kurtosis for Patients with Parkinson Disease with Cognitive Dysfunction: A Diffusional Kurtosis Map Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study

Bingbing Gao, Mingrui Qu, Yuhan Jiang, Wanyao Li, Man Wang, Chenhui Pei, Dandan Zheng, Chao Yang and Yanwei Miao
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2024, 45 (8) 1098-1105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8297
Bingbing Gao
aFrom the Department of Radiology (B.G., M.Q., Y.J., W.l., M.W., C.Y., Y.M), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Mingrui Qu
aFrom the Department of Radiology (B.G., M.Q., Y.J., W.l., M.W., C.Y., Y.M), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Yuhan Jiang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (B.G., M.Q., Y.J., W.l., M.W., C.Y., Y.M), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Wanyao Li
aFrom the Department of Radiology (B.G., M.Q., Y.J., W.l., M.W., C.Y., Y.M), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Man Wang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (B.G., M.Q., Y.J., W.l., M.W., C.Y., Y.M), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Chenhui Pei
bDepartment of Neurology (C.P.), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Dandan Zheng
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Chao Yang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (B.G., M.Q., Y.J., W.l., M.W., C.Y., Y.M), The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Yanwei Miao
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