CT versus MR for acute stroke imaging: is the "obvious" choice necessarily the correct one?

Comparative Study

Michael H Lev. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Nov-Dec.

. 2003 Nov-Dec;24(10):1930-1.

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