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Multimodal Coregistration in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy—Results of Different Imaging Modalities in Lateralization of the Affected Hemisphere in MR Imaging Positive and Negative Subgroups

M.T. Doelken, G. Richter, H. Stefan, A. Doerfler, A. Noemayr, T. Kuwert, O. Ganslandt, C.H. Nimsky and T. Hammen
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2007, 28 (3) 449-454;

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Multimodal Coregistration in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy—Results of Different Imaging Modalities in Lateralization of the Affected Hemisphere in MR Imaging Positive and Negative Subgroups
M.T. Doelken, G. Richter, H. Stefan, A. Doerfler, A. Noemayr, T. Kuwert, O. Ganslandt, C.H. Nimsky, T. Hammen
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2007, 28 (3) 449-454;
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