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Leoncio Garrido,
Jerome L. Ackerman,
Leoncio Garrido
Biomaterials Laboratory NMR Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Charlestown, MA 02129
Search for more papers by this authorJerome L. Ackerman
Biomaterials Laboratory NMR Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Charlestown, MA 02129
Search for more papers by this authorLeoncio Garrido,
Jerome L. Ackerman,
Leoncio Garrido
Biomaterials Laboratory NMR Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Charlestown, MA 02129
Search for more papers by this authorJerome L. Ackerman
Biomaterials Laboratory NMR Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Charlestown, MA 02129
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: October 1995

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