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Neuroimaging Highlight - Diagnostic Considerations in Acute MS Lesions with Restricted Diffusion on MRI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Heather Rigby*
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University; QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
William Maloney
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University; QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Virender Bhan
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University; QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Dalhousie University, Division of Neurology, Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer St., Room 3383, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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