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  1. Division of Radiology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden

    Nikolaos Kartalis, Peter Aspelin & Nils Albiin

  2. Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Johan Permert

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This reply refers to Letter to the Editor available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1729-3

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Kartalis, N., Aspelin, P., Permert, J. et al. Reply to Letter to the Editor re: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of pancreas tumours. Eur Radiol 20, 1770–1771 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1730-x

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