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Distribution Characteristics, Reproducibility, and Precision of Region of Interest–Based Hippocampal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measures
M.J. Müller, M. Mazanek, C. Weibrich, P.R. Dellani, P. Stoeter and A. Fellgiebel
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2006, 27 (2) 440-446;
M.J. Müller
M. Mazanek
C. Weibrich
P.R. Dellani
P. Stoeter

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M.J. Müller, M. Mazanek, C. Weibrich, P.R. Dellani, P. Stoeter, A. Fellgiebel
Distribution Characteristics, Reproducibility, and Precision of Region of Interest–Based Hippocampal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measures
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2006, 27 (2) 440-446;
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