MRI assessment of liver iron content in thalassamic patients with three different protocols: comparisons and correlations
β Scribed by Athanasios Christoforidis; Vassilios Perifanis; George Spanos; Efthimia Vlachaki; Marina Economou; Ioanna Tsatra; Miranda Athanassiou-Metaxa
- Book ID
- 114794550
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0902-4441
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