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Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of hepatic abscesses: possibility of different apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)-values in early and mature abscess formation

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    Konstantin Holzapfel, Ernst Rummeny & Jochen Gaa

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Holzapfel, K., Rummeny, E. & Gaa, J. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of hepatic abscesses: possibility of different apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)-values in early and mature abscess formation. Abdom Imaging 32, 538–539 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-007-9231-3

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