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Preoperative Grading of Presumptive Low-Grade Astrocytomas on MR Imaging: Diagnostic Value of Minimum Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
E.J. Lee, S.K. Lee, R. Agid, J.M. Bae, A. Keller and K. terBrugge
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2008, 29 (10) 1872-1877; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1254
E.J. Lee
S.K. Lee
R. Agid
J.M. Bae
A. Keller

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Preoperative Grading of Presumptive Low-Grade Astrocytomas on MR Imaging: Diagnostic Value of Minimum Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
E.J. Lee, S.K. Lee, R. Agid, J.M. Bae, A. Keller, K. terBrugge
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2008, 29 (10) 1872-1877; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1254
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