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Brain MR Imaging in Acute Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Arising from Late-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency
Jun-ichi Takanashi, A. James Barkovich, Sabrina F. Cheng, Dana Kostiner, John C. Baker and Seymour Packman
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2003, 24 (3) 390-393;
Jun-ichi Takanashi
A. James Barkovich
Sabrina F. Cheng
Dana Kostiner
John C. Baker

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Jun-ichi Takanashi, A. James Barkovich, Sabrina F. Cheng, Dana Kostiner, John C. Baker, Seymour Packman
Brain MR Imaging in Acute Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Arising from Late-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2003, 24 (3) 390-393;
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