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Extensive White Matter Dysfunction in Cognitively Impaired Patients with Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

P.L. Francis, T.L. Chia, R. Jakubovic, P. O'Connor, L. Lee, A. Feinstein and R.I. Aviv
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2014, 35 (10) 1910-1915; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3974
P.L. Francis
cMedical Imaging (P.L.F., T.L.C., R.J., R.I.A.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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T.L. Chia
cMedical Imaging (P.L.F., T.L.C., R.J., R.I.A.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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R. Jakubovic
cMedical Imaging (P.L.F., T.L.C., R.J., R.I.A.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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P. O'Connor
dDepartment of Neurology (P.O.C.), St. Michael's Hospital
eUniversity of Toronto (P.O.C., L.L., A.F., R.I.A.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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L. Lee
bNeurology (L.L.)
eUniversity of Toronto (P.O.C., L.L., A.F., R.I.A.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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A. Feinstein
aFrom the Departments of Psychiatry (A.F.)
eUniversity of Toronto (P.O.C., L.L., A.F., R.I.A.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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R.I. Aviv
cMedical Imaging (P.L.F., T.L.C., R.J., R.I.A.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
eUniversity of Toronto (P.O.C., L.L., A.F., R.I.A.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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P.L. Francis, T.L. Chia, R. Jakubovic, P. O'Connor, L. Lee, A. Feinstein, R.I. Aviv
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