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Limitations of diffusion-weighted imaging in distinguishing between a brain tumor and a central nervous system histoplasmoma

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  1. Department of Neurological Surgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-779, 94143-0112, San Francisco, 0112, CA, USA

    Justin S. Smith, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa & Michael W. McDermott

  2. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Joanna J. Phillips & Andrew W. Bollen

  3. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Soonmee Cha

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Smith, J.S., Quiñones-Hinojosa, A., Phillips, J.J. et al. Limitations of diffusion-weighted imaging in distinguishing between a brain tumor and a central nervous system histoplasmoma. J Neurooncol 79, 217–218 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-005-9007-y

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