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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Combining Multiple Indices of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Can Better Differentiate Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury from Healthy Subjects

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Pages 1801-1814 | Received 26 Dec 2021, Accepted 01 Jul 2022, Published online: 23 Aug 2022

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