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Demyelinating Diseases of the Optic Nerve

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  1. NMR Research Unit, Department of Neuroinflammation, Institute of Neurology, University College London, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Simon J. Hickman (MB, MRCP) & David H. Miller (MD, FRCP)

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  1. Neuroimaging Research Unit Department of Neurology Scientific Institute, University Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

    Massimo Filippi MD (Director) (Director)

  2. Department of Neurology & Behavioral Sciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Nicola De Stefano MD PhD (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  3. Service de Neuroradiologie Diagnostique et Thérapeutique CHU Bordeaux Pellegrin and Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Affections de la Myéline, Université Victor Segalen, Bourdeaux 2, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    Vincent Dousset MD, PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Maury Hall 227, Annapolis, MD, 21402-5025, USA

    Joseph C. McGowan PhD (Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering) (Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering)

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Hickman, S.J., Miller, D.H. (2005). Demyelinating Diseases of the Optic Nerve. In: Filippi, M., De Stefano, N., Dousset, V., McGowan, J.C. (eds) MR Imaging in White Matter Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord. Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27644-0_19

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