Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Smaller Cerebellar Volumes in Very Preterm Infants at Term-Equivalent Age are Associated with the Presence of Supratentorial Lesions
L. Srinivasan, J. Allsop, S.J. Counsell, J.P. Boardman, A.D. Edwards and M. Rutherford
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2006, 27 (3) 573-579;
L. Srinivasan
J. Allsop
S.J. Counsell
J.P. Boardman
A.D. Edwards

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L. Srinivasan, J. Allsop, S.J. Counsell, J.P. Boardman, A.D. Edwards, M. Rutherford
Smaller Cerebellar Volumes in Very Preterm Infants at Term-Equivalent Age are Associated with the Presence of Supratentorial Lesions
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2006, 27 (3) 573-579;
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