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The Normal Neonatal Brain: MR Imaging, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and 3D MR Spectroscopy in Healthy Term Neonates

A.I. Bartha, K.R.L. Yap, S.P. Miller, R.J. Jeremy, M. Nishimoto, D.B. Vigneron, A.J. Barkovich and D.M. Ferriero
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2007, 28 (6) 1015-1021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0521
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