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Disruption of Cerebellar Development: Potential Complication of Extreme Prematurity

Agnes Messerschmidt, Peter C. Brugger, Eugen Boltshauser, Gerlinde Zoder, Walter Sterniste, Robert Birnbacher and Daniela Prayer
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2005, 26 (7) 1659-1667;
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