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2.3 MARCO TEÓRICO
2.3.7.5 Beneficios de la auditoría de recursos humanos.
This study demonstrates that DTI metrics, FA, and MD in the brachial plexus are highly reproducible. Promising applications of DTI for a possible, future clinical use comprise a wide range of plexopathies from neurodegenerative diseases, tumor-like conditions, inflammation, and compression syndromes to trauma. Further studies are to be conducted to test if DTI of the brachial plexus can be of addi- tional diagnostic value beyond traditional MRN.
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