Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1390-1394 , November 2010

N-Acetyl peak in MR spectra of intracranial metastatic mucinous adenocarcinomas

  • Xiang Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, PO Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 585 275 6363; fax: +1 585 473 4861.
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  • Barbara I. Germin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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  • Jianhui Zhong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, PO Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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  • Sven Ekholm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, PO Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA

Received 10 June 2009 ,Revised 16 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.015

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1390-1394 , November 2010

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