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. 2013 Oct;34(10):1887-9.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3672. Epub 2013 Jun 27.

Alphabet soup: our government "in-action"

J A Hirsch  1 , W D Donovan, G N Nicola, R M Barr, P W Schaefer, E Silva 3rd
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Alphabet soup: our government "in-action"

J A Hirsch et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2013 Oct.
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