Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 293-297 , July 2010

Burn injury by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

  • Ernst G. Eising

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Elper Weg 66, D-45657 Recklinghausen, Germany.
    • ,
  • Justin Hughes

      Affiliations

    • Attorney Office Chambers, RWP Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Frank Nolte

      Affiliations

    • Attorney Office Chambers, RWP Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Walter Jentzen

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany
    • ,
  • Andreas Bockisch

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany

Received 1 May 2009 ,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.06.025

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 293-297 , July 2010

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