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Advanced Fiber Tracking in Early Acquired Brain Injury Causing Cerebral Palsy

F. Lennartsson, L. Holmström, A.-C. Eliasson, O. Flodmark, H. Forssberg, J.-D. Tournier and B. Vollmer
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2015, 36 (1) 181-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4072
F. Lennartsson
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (F.L., O.F.), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
bDepartments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.L., O.F.)
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L. Holmström
cWomen's and Children's Health (L.H., A.-C.E., H.F., B.V.), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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A.-C. Eliasson
cWomen's and Children's Health (L.H., A.-C.E., H.F., B.V.), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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O. Flodmark
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (F.L., O.F.), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
bDepartments of Clinical Neurosciences (F.L., O.F.)
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H. Forssberg
cWomen's and Children's Health (L.H., A.-C.E., H.F., B.V.), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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J.-D. Tournier
dThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (J.-D.T.), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
eDepartment of Medicine (J.-D.T.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
fCentre for the Developing Brain (J.-D.T.)
gDepartment of Biomedical Engineering (J.-D.T.), Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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B. Vollmer
cWomen's and Children's Health (L.H., A.-C.E., H.F., B.V.), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
hClinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences (B.V.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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