Diffusion-weighted Imaging of Acute Excitotoxic Brain Injury

Overview

Journal AJNR Am J Neuroradiol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2005 Feb 15

PMID 15709116

Citations 62

Authors

Toshio Moritani

Wendy R K Smoker

Yutaka Sato

Yuji Numaguchi

Per-Lennart A Westesson

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