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Brain Abscess and Necrotic Brain Tumor: Discrimination with Proton MR Spectroscopy and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
  
    	
Ping H. Lai, Jih T. Ho, Wei L. Chen, Shu S. Hsu, Jyh S. Wang, Huay B. Pan and Chien F. Yang

  
    	
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