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White matter diseases.

M K Edwards·R R Smith
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White matter disease is imaged with great sensitivity and poor specificity on MRI. Congenital, vascular, infectious, and autoimmune diseases as well as those with many other causes, may create similar-appearing lesions on MR. A knowledge of disease patterns and pulse sequences may improve the diagnostic specificity, but there is no substitute for an adequate clinical history.

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M K Edwards, R R Smith. 1989. White matter diseases.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2697261/

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