Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 353-361 , April 2009

Incidental findings on MRI of the spine

Received 16 May 2008 ,Revised 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 16 September 2008.

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Clinical Radiology
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