The role of the uncinate fasciculus in the development of dementia: a DTI-tractography study
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L. Serra, M. Cercignani, R. Perri, B. Spanò, L. Fadda, C. Marra, F. Giubilei, C. Caltagirone, and M. Bozzali Neuroimaging laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy, Department of Clinical and Behavioural Neurology, Fondazione IRCCS Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy, Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, Roma, Italy, Department of Neurology, II Faculty of Medicine University of Rome, ‘Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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تاریخ انتشار 2009