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Proton MR Spectroscopy of Mitochondrial Diseases: Analysis of Brain Metabolic Abnormalities and Their Possible Diagnostic Relevance
M. Cristina Bianchi, Michela Tosetti, Roberta Battini, Maria L. Manca, Michelangelo Mancuso, Giovanni Cioni, Raffaello Canapicchi and Gabriele Siciliano
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2003, 24 (10) 1958-1966;
M. Cristina Bianchi
Michela Tosetti
Roberta Battini
Maria L. Manca
Michelangelo Mancuso
Giovanni Cioni
Raffaello Canapicchi

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Proton MR Spectroscopy of Mitochondrial Diseases: Analysis of Brain Metabolic Abnormalities and Their Possible Diagnostic Relevance
M. Cristina Bianchi, Michela Tosetti, Roberta Battini, Maria L. Manca, Michelangelo Mancuso, Giovanni Cioni, Raffaello Canapicchi, Gabriele Siciliano
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2003, 24 (10) 1958-1966;
Proton MR Spectroscopy of Mitochondrial Diseases: Analysis of Brain Metabolic Abnormalities and Their Possible Diagnostic Relevance
M. Cristina Bianchi, Michela Tosetti, Roberta Battini, Maria L. Manca, Michelangelo Mancuso, Giovanni Cioni, Raffaello Canapicchi, Gabriele Siciliano
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2003, 24 (10) 1958-1966;
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