Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
MR Imaging Assessment of Myelination in the Very Preterm Brain
Serena J. Counsell, Elia F. Maalouf, Alison M. Fletcher, Philip Duggan, Malcolm Battin, Helen J. Lewis, Amy H. Herlihy, A. David Edwards, Graeme M. Bydder and Mary A. Rutherford
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2002, 23 (5) 872-881;
Serena J. Counsell
Elia F. Maalouf
Alison M. Fletcher
Philip Duggan
Malcolm Battin
Helen J. Lewis
Amy H. Herlihy
A. David Edwards
Graeme M. Bydder

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Serena J. Counsell, Elia F. Maalouf, Alison M. Fletcher, Philip Duggan, Malcolm Battin, Helen J. Lewis, Amy H. Herlihy, A. David Edwards, Graeme M. Bydder, Mary A. Rutherford
MR Imaging Assessment of Myelination in the Very Preterm Brain
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