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Combined Magnetization Transfer and Proton Spectroscopic Imaging in the Assessment of Pathologic Brain Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis
G. Bruce Pike, Nicola de Stefano, Sridar Narayanan, Gordon S. Francis, Jack P. Antel and Douglas L. Arnold
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 1999, 20 (5) 829-837;
G. Bruce Pike
Nicola de Stefano
Sridar Narayanan
Gordon S. Francis
Jack P. Antel

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