Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1149-1159 , October 2008

Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MRI in early ischaemia of the proximal femoral epiphysis – a preliminary study

  • X. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • J. Qi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • L. Xia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • C. Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • W. Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • X. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • D. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: D. Hu, Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. Tel.: +86 13607135780.
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  • D. Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • J. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • L. Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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  • H. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China

Received 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 10 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.06.004

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1149-1159 , October 2008

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