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In Vivo High-Resolution MR Imaging of Neuropathologic Changes in the Injured Rat Spinal Cord
T. Weber, M. Vroemen, V. Behr, T. Neuberger, P. Jakob, A. Haase, G. Schuierer, U. Bogdahn, C. Faber and N. Weidner
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2006, 27 (3) 598-604;
T. Weber
M. Vroemen
V. Behr
T. Neuberger
P. Jakob
A. Haase
G. Schuierer
U. Bogdahn
C. Faber

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In Vivo High-Resolution MR Imaging of Neuropathologic Changes in the Injured Rat Spinal Cord
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