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Abbreviation for N-Acetyl Aspartate. Important metabolite seen in proton MRS of the brain, which is evident in neuronal tissue but reduced in brain tumors (see Fig. 53). It is often used in conjunction with choline as a marker of tumor and has a resonance at 2.01 and 2.6 ppm (Fig. 60).
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Liney, G. (2011). NÂ . In: MRI from A to Z. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-135-6_14
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