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Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children

X. Ou, C.M. Glasier, R.H. Ramakrishnaiah, A. Kanfi, A.C. Rowell, R.T. Pivik, A. Andres, M.A. Cleves and T.M. Badger
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2017, 38 (12) 2373-2379; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5408
X. Ou
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.)
bPediatrics (X.O., C.M.G., R.T.P., A.A., M.A.C., T.M.B.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
cArkansas Children's Nutrition Center (X.O., R.T.P., A.A., T.M.B.), Little Rock, Arkansas
dDepartment of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.), Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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C.M. Glasier
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.)
bPediatrics (X.O., C.M.G., R.T.P., A.A., M.A.C., T.M.B.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
dDepartment of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.), Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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R.H. Ramakrishnaiah
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.)
dDepartment of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.), Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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A. Kanfi
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.)
dDepartment of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.), Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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A.C. Rowell
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.)
dDepartment of Radiology (X.O., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.K., A.C.R.), Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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R.T. Pivik
bPediatrics (X.O., C.M.G., R.T.P., A.A., M.A.C., T.M.B.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
cArkansas Children's Nutrition Center (X.O., R.T.P., A.A., T.M.B.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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A. Andres
bPediatrics (X.O., C.M.G., R.T.P., A.A., M.A.C., T.M.B.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
cArkansas Children's Nutrition Center (X.O., R.T.P., A.A., T.M.B.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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M.A. Cleves
bPediatrics (X.O., C.M.G., R.T.P., A.A., M.A.C., T.M.B.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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T.M. Badger
bPediatrics (X.O., C.M.G., R.T.P., A.A., M.A.C., T.M.B.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
cArkansas Children's Nutrition Center (X.O., R.T.P., A.A., T.M.B.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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