Examination of spinal cord tissue architecture with magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurotherapeutics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1933-7213,1878-7479
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurt.2007.05.003