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[18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron-Emission Tomography and MR Imaging Coregistration for Presurgical Evaluation of Medically Refractory Epilepsy
  
    	
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American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2009,  30 (10) 1811-1816; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1637 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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