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Imaging Changes in Very Young Children with Brain Tumors Treated with Proton Therapy and Chemotherapy

N.D. Sabin, T.E. Merchant, J.H. Harreld, Z. Patay, P. Klimo, I. Qaddoumi, G.T. Armstrong, K. Wright, J. Gray, D.J. Indelicato and A. Gajjar
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2013, 34 (2) 446-450; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3219
N.D. Sabin
aFrom the Departments of Radiological Sciences (N.D.S., T.E.M., J.H.H., Z.P., J.G.)
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T.E. Merchant
aFrom the Departments of Radiological Sciences (N.D.S., T.E.M., J.H.H., Z.P., J.G.)
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J.H. Harreld
aFrom the Departments of Radiological Sciences (N.D.S., T.E.M., J.H.H., Z.P., J.G.)
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Z. Patay
aFrom the Departments of Radiological Sciences (N.D.S., T.E.M., J.H.H., Z.P., J.G.)
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P. Klimo Jr
bSurgery (P.K.)
eSemmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute (P.K.), Memphis, Tennessee
fDepartment of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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I. Qaddoumi
cOncology (I.Q., K.W., A.G.)
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G.T. Armstrong
dEpidemiology and Cancer Control (G.T.A.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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K. Wright
cOncology (I.Q., K.W., A.G.)
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J. Gray
cOncology (I.Q., K.W., A.G.)
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D.J. Indelicato
gDepartment of Radiation Oncology (D.J.I.), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
hUniversity of Florida Proton Therapy Institute (D.J.I.), Jacksonville, Florida.
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A. Gajjar
aFrom the Departments of Radiological Sciences (N.D.S., T.E.M., J.H.H., Z.P., J.G.)
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