Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 131-138 , March 2010

Comparison of Real-time Three-dimensional Gadolinium-enhanced Elliptic Centric-ordered MR Venography and Two-dimensional Time-of-flight MR Venography of the Intracranial Venous System

Received 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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PII: S1726-4901(10)70027-7

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70027-7

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 131-138 , March 2010

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