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Apparent Diffusion Coefficient with Higher b-Value Correlates Better with Viable Cell Count Quantified from the Cavity of Brain Abscess
  
    	
V. Tomar, A. Yadav, R.K.S. Rathore, S. Verma, R. Awasthi, V. Bharadwaj, B.K. Ojha, K.N. Prasad and R.K. Gupta

  
    	
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V. Tomar, A. Yadav, R.K.S. Rathore, S. Verma, R. Awasthi, V. Bharadwaj, B.K. Ojha, K.N. Prasad, R.K. Gupta

  
    	
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