Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 140-150 , July 2006

Hypointensities in the Brain on T2*-Weighted Gradient-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Yoshito Tsushima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yoshito Tsushima, MD, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
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  • Keigo Endo, MD

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PII: S0363-0188(06)00030-2

doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2006.04.002

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 140-150 , July 2006

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