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Comparison of Three Different Methods for Measurement of Cervical Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis
  
    	
R. Zivadinov, A.C. Banas, V. Yella, N. Abdelrahman, B. Weinstock-Guttman and M.G. Dwyer

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2008,  29 (2) 319-325; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0813 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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