Pitfalls of Spinal DTI in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
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E. Hernandez Torres, A. L. MacKay, E. MacMillan, T. Cordova Fraga, A. Ramirez Manzanares, A. Curt, D. Li, B. Mädler, and M. Dvorak Division de Ciencias e Ingenierias, Universidad de Guanajuato, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Radiology, University of British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, Brithish Columbia, Canada, Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, Brithish Columbia, Canada, Clinical Research, University of Bern, Facultad de Matematicas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zurich, Philips Healthcare, Vancouver, Brithish Columbia, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries
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