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Imaging of Cauda Equina Edema in Lumbar Canal Stenosis By Using Gadolinium-Enhanced MR Imaging: Experimental Constriction Injury

S. Kobayashi, K. Uchida, K. Takeno, H. Baba, Y. Suzuki, K. Hayakawa and H. Yoshizawa
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2006, 27 (2) 346-353;
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