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“Pseudo” T1-weighted appearance of the brain on FLAIR: unmasking the extent of gray matter involvement on susceptibility-weighted imaging in chronic toluene abuse

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Blvd, Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia

    Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu & Kosuke Kato

  2. Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    E. Mark Haacke

  3. Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Chinthaka Heyn

  4. Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Chinthaka Heyn

  5. Department of Medical Imaging, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Trevor William Watkins

  6. Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Timo Krings

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Hsu, C.CT., Haacke, E.M., Heyn, C. et al. “Pseudo” T1-weighted appearance of the brain on FLAIR: unmasking the extent of gray matter involvement on susceptibility-weighted imaging in chronic toluene abuse. Neuroradiology 61, 13–15 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-018-2128-8

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