Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , January 2010

Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: apparent diffusion coefficient lesion analysis

  • Matthew L. White

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 981045 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-1045, USA. Tel.: +1 402 559 4617; fax: +1 402 559 1011.
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  • Yan Zhang

Received 1 March 2009 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.03.007

Clinical Imaging
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