Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 11 , Pages 1078-1086 , November 2007

Magnetic resonance imaging of facial muscles

  • M.E. Farrugia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: M.E. Farrugia, Ward 67, Neurology Department, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK. Tel.: +44 141 201 1100 bleep 2594; fax: +44 141 201 2510.
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  • G.M. Bydder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8226, USA
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  • J.M. Francis

      Affiliations

    • OCMR, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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  • M.D. Robson

      Affiliations

    • OCMR, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Received 28 February 2007 ,Revised 30 April 2007 ,Accepted 13 May 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00205-X

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.05.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 11 , Pages 1078-1086 , November 2007

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