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The contribution of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 1 HMRS) to clinical brain tumour diagnosis

M. Murphy Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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A. Loosemore Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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A. G. Clifton Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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F. A. Howe Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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A. R. Tate Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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S. A. Cudlip Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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P. R. Wilkins Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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J. R. Griffiths Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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B. A. Bell Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Neuroradiology,Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, and Cancer Research-UK Biomedical Resonance Research Group,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London,UK
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