Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Diffusion Tensor Images in Children with Early-Treated, Chronic, Malignant Phenylketonuric: Correlation with Intelligence Assessment
Steven Shinn-Forng Peng, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Wuh-Liang Hwu and Hon-Man Liu
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2004, 25 (9) 1569-1574;
Steven Shinn-Forng Peng
Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng
Yin-Hsiu Chien
Wuh-Liang Hwu

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Steven Shinn-Forng Peng, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Wuh-Liang Hwu, Hon-Man Liu
Diffusion Tensor Images in Children with Early-Treated, Chronic, Malignant Phenylketonuric: Correlation with Intelligence Assessment
American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 2004, 25 (9) 1569-1574;
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