Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Cranial Ultrasound in Metabolic Disorders Presenting in the Neonatal Period: Characteristic Features and Comparison with MR Imaging
L.M. Leijser, L.S. de Vries, M.A. Rutherford, A.Y. Manzur, F. Groenendaal, T.J. de Koning, M. van der Heide-Jalving and F.M. Cowan
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2007, 28 (7) 1223-1231; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0553
L.M. Leijser
L.S. de Vries
M.A. Rutherford
A.Y. Manzur
F. Groenendaal
T.J. de Koning
M. van der Heide-Jalving

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Cranial Ultrasound in Metabolic Disorders Presenting in the Neonatal Period: Characteristic Features and Comparison with MR Imaging
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1223-1231; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0553
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L.M. Leijser, L.S. de Vries, M.A. Rutherford, A.Y. Manzur, F. Groenendaal, T.J. de Koning, M. van der Heide-Jalving, F.M. Cowan
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1223-1231; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0553
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