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01-01-2019 | Letter to the Editor

“Pseudo” T1-weighted appearance of the brain on FLAIR: unmasking the extent of gray matter involvement on susceptibility-weighted imaging in chronic toluene abuse

Authors: Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu, E. Mark Haacke, Chinthaka Heyn, Kosuke Kato, Trevor William Watkins, Timo Krings

Published in: Neuroradiology | Issue 1/2019

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Title: “Pseudo” T1-weighted appearance of the brain on FLAIR: unmasking the extent of gray matter involvement on susceptibility-weighted imaging in chronic toluene abuse
Authors: Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu
E. Mark Haacke
Chinthaka Heyn
Kosuke Kato
Trevor William Watkins
Timo Krings
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Neuroradiology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0028-3940
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-018-2128-8

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