Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with Merosin Deficiency : 1 H MR Spectroscopy and Diffusion - weighted MR
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1 From the Clinics Hospital of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Received December 10, 2003; revision requested February 19, 2004; revision received May 22; accepted June 28. From the 2002 RSNA Scientific Assembly. M.C.G.O., M.O.R.C., and M.T.C.L. supported by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo). Address correspondence to C.C.L., Rua Mário Amaral, 81 apto 121M, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 040020– 020 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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