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8 - Diffusion-weighted MRI of lymph nodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

By
Taro Takahara  and
Thomas C. Kwee
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Bachir Taouli
Bachir Taouli
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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Extra-Cranial Applications of Diffusion-Weighted MRI , pp. 103 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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