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Double Inversion Recovery Brain Imaging at 3T: Diagnostic Value in the Detection of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions
M.P. Wattjes, G.G. Lutterbey, J. Gieseke, F. Träber, L. Klotz, S. Schmidt and H.H. Schild
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2007, 28 (1) 54-59;
M.P. Wattjes
G.G. Lutterbey
J. Gieseke
F. Träber
L. Klotz
S. Schmidt

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Double Inversion Recovery Brain Imaging at 3T: Diagnostic Value in the Detection of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions
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