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The International Journal on Orbital Disorders, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery
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Original Article

Novel use of non-echo-planar diffusion weighted MRI in monitoring disease activity and treatment response in active Grave’s orbitopathy: An initial observational cohort study

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Pages 325-330 | Received 22 Mar 2017, Accepted 29 Dec 2017, Published online: 10 Jan 2018

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