Quantitative Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging at 3T in the Cervical Spinal Cord of Patients with Adrenomyeloneuropathy
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A. Gifford, S. A. Smith, A. Fatemi, S. Naidu, P. C. van Zijl, and G. V. Raymond Department of Neurogenetics, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, F.M. Kirby Research Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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