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Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging

Prevalence of Subdural Collections in Children with Macrocrania

M.V. Greiner, T.J. Richards, M.M. Care and J.L. Leach
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2013, 34 (12) 2373-2378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3588
M.V. Greiner
aFrom the Department of Pediatrics (M.V.G.), Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children
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T.J. Richards
bDepartment of Radiology (T.R., M.C., J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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M.M. Care
bDepartment of Radiology (T.R., M.C., J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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J.L. Leach
bDepartment of Radiology (T.R., M.C., J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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