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Letter to the editor: Grading of traumatic axonal injury on clinical MRI and functional outcome

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  1. Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Hans Kristian Moe, Anne Vik, Anne-Mari Holte Flusund, Jonas Stenberg, Toril Skandsen & Kent Gøran Moen

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Anne Vik

  3. Department of Radiology, Molde Hospital, Molde, Norway

    Anne-Mari Holte Flusund

  4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Toril Skandsen

  5. Department of Radiology, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway

    Kent Gøran Moen

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Moe, H.K., Vik, A., Flusund, AM.H. et al. Letter to the editor: Grading of traumatic axonal injury on clinical MRI and functional outcome. Acta Neurochir 163, 1443–1444 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04759-6

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