Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 52-60 , 30 May 2008

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 Tesla in alcohol intoxication

  • Thomas Duning

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Münster, Department of Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 251 83 48196; fax: +49 251 83 48181.
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  • Harald Kugel

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Münster, Department of Clinical Radiology, Germany
    • ,
  • Ricarda Menke

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Münster, Department of Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany
    • ,
  • Stefan Knecht

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Münster, Department of Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany
    • IZKF Münster, University of Münster, Germany

Received 11 September 2006 ,Revised 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 5 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.09.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 52-60 , 30 May 2008

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