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Pedicle Marrow Signal Hyperintensity on Short Tau Inversion Recovery- and T2-Weighted Images: Prevalence and Relationship to Clinical Symptoms

B. Borg, M.T. Modic, N. Obuchowski and G. Cheah
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2011, 32 (9) 1624-1631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2588
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