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Spinal Imaging Findings of Open Spinal Dysraphisms on Fetal and Postnatal MRI

U.D. Nagaraj, K.S. Bierbrauer, C.B. Stevenson, J.L. Peiro, F.Y. Lim, B. Zhang and B.M. Kline-Fath
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2018, 39 (10) 1947-1952; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5760
U.D. Nagaraj
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (U.D.N., B.Z., B.M.K.-F.)
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K.S. Bierbrauer
bDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery (K.S.B., C.B.S.)
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C.B. Stevenson
bDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery (K.S.B., C.B.S.)
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J.L. Peiro
cDepartment of Pediatric Surgery (J.L.P., F.Y.L.)
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F.Y. Lim
cDepartment of Pediatric Surgery (J.L.P., F.Y.L.)
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B. Zhang
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (U.D.N., B.Z., B.M.K.-F.)
dDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (B.Z.),University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio.
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