Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1360-1369 , December 2009

Neurophysiological and functional MRI evidence of reorganization of cortical motor areas in cerebral arteriovenous malformation

  • Francesca Caramia

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    • Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 49914719; fax: +39 06 49914903.
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  • Ada Francia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185 Rome, Italy
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  • Caterina Mainero

      Affiliations

    • Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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  • Emanuele Tinelli

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    • Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185 Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Giuseppina Palmieri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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  • Claudio Colonnese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185 Rome, Italy
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  • Luigi Bozzao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185 Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Donatella Caramia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy

Received 16 October 2008 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.029

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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