High-Resolution MRI Evaluation of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Promising Alternative to Traditional CT Myelography

D. Somashekar; L.J.S. Yang; M. Ibrahim; H.A. Parmar

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A3820

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High-Resolution MRI Evaluation of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Promising Alternative to Traditional CT Myelography

D. Somashekar, L.J.S. Yang, M. Ibrahim and H.A. Parmar

American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2014, 35 (6) 1209-1213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3820

D. Somashekar

aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.S., M.I., H.A.P.)

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L.J.S. Yang

bNeurosurgery (L.J.S.Y.), University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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M. Ibrahim

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vol. 35 no. 6 1209-1213

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Received August 20, 2013
Accepted after revision October 8, 2013
Published online June 11, 2014.

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D. Somashekara,
L.J.S. Yangb,
M. Ibrahima and
H.A. Parmara

^aFrom the Departments of Radiology (D.S., M.I., H.A.P.)
^bNeurosurgery (L.J.S.Y.), University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Please address correspondence to Hemant A. Parmar, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Taubman Center/B1/132 F, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; e-mail: parurad{at}hotmail.com

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