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Isolated Cortical Signal Increase on MR Imaging as a Frequent Lesion Pattern in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
B. Meissner, K. Kallenberg, P. Sanchez-Juan, A. Krasnianski, U. Heinemann, D. Varges, M. Knauth and I. Zerr
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2008, 29 (8) 1519-1524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1122
B. Meissner
K. Kallenberg
P. Sanchez-Juan
A. Krasnianski
U. Heinemann
D. Varges
M. Knauth

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Isolated Cortical Signal Increase on MR Imaging as a Frequent Lesion Pattern in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
B. Meissner, K. Kallenberg, P. Sanchez-Juan, A. Krasnianski, U. Heinemann, D. Varges, M. Knauth, I. Zerr
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2008, 29 (8) 1519-1524; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1122
Isolated Cortical Signal Increase on MR Imaging as a Frequent Lesion Pattern in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
B. Meissner, K. Kallenberg, P. Sanchez-Juan, A. Krasnianski, U. Heinemann, D. Varges, M. Knauth, I. Zerr
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2008, 29 (8) 1519-1524; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1122
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