Synthetic MR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis

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  • Christina Andica
  • Akifumi Hagiwara
  • Misaki Nakazawa
  • Kanako K Kumamaru
  • Masaaki Hori
  • Mitsuru Ikeno
  • Toshiaki Shimizu
  • Shigeki Aoki
چکیده

1Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan 2Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 3Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan 4Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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دوره 16  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017