Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 217-221 , May 2011

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: MR findings with susceptibility-weighted imaging

  • Jin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Xiangyang Gong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China. Tel.: +86 571 86943372; fax: +86 571 86006774.

Received 10 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.06.003

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 217-221 , May 2011

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