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Chapter 40 - MRI of the Spine

from Part IV - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2017

By
Aaron J. Harries ,
Andrew V. Bokarius ,
Armando S. Garza  and
J. Christian Fox
Edited by
J. Christian Fox
J. Christian Fox
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University of California, Irvine
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Clinical Emergency Radiology , pp. 538 - 558
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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