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Diffusion Tensor Imaging as Potential Biomarker of White Matter Injury in Diffuse Axonal Injury
Thierry A.G.M. Huisman, Lee H. Schwamm, Pamela W. Schaefer, Walter J. Koroshetz, Neetha Shetty-Alva, Yelda Ozsunar, Ona Wu and A. Gregory Sorensen
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2004, 25 (3) 370-376;
Thierry A.G.M. Huisman
Lee H. Schwamm
Pamela W. Schaefer
Walter J. Koroshetz
Neetha Shetty-Alva
Yelda Ozsunar
Ona Wu

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Diffusion Tensor Imaging as Potential Biomarker of White Matter Injury in Diffuse Axonal Injury
Thierry A.G.M. Huisman, Lee H. Schwamm, Pamela W. Schaefer, Walter J. Koroshetz, Neetha Shetty-Alva, Yelda Ozsunar, Ona Wu, A. Gregory Sorensen
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2004, 25 (3) 370-376;
Diffusion Tensor Imaging as Potential Biomarker of White Matter Injury in Diffuse Axonal Injury
Thierry A.G.M. Huisman, Lee H. Schwamm, Pamela W. Schaefer, Walter J. Koroshetz, Neetha Shetty-Alva, Yelda Ozsunar, Ona Wu, A. Gregory Sorensen
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2004, 25 (3) 370-376;
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