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Prevalence of Traumatic Findings on Routine MRI in a Large Cohort of Professional Fighters
  
    	
J.K. Lee, J. Wu, S. Banks, C. Bernick, M.G. Massand, M.T. Modic, P. Ruggieri and S.E. Jones

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2017,  38 (7) 1303-1310; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5175 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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