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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Development of a method for functional aspect identification in parotid using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and concurrent stimulation

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Pages 1686-1690 | Received 26 May 2015, Accepted 25 Jun 2015, Published online: 07 Aug 2015

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