Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 8 , Pages 659-669 , August 2006

Imaging of muscular denervation secondary to motor cranial nerve dysfunction

  • S.E.J. Connor

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: S.E.J. Connor, Neuroradiology Department, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. Tel.: +44 208 761 8344; fax: +44 207 346 3120.
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  • N. Chaudhary
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  • S. Fareedi
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  • E.K. Woo

Received 11 February 2006 ,Revised 30 March 2006 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.04.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 8 , Pages 659-669 , August 2006

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