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Review ArticleMolecular Neuroimaging/Nuclear Medicine
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PET/MRI in Pediatric Neuroimaging: Primer for Clinical Practice

C. Pedersen, M. Aboian, J.E. McConathy, H. Daldrup-Link and A.M. Franceschi
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2022, 43 (7) 938-943; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7464
C. Pedersen
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.P., M.A.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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M. Aboian
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.P., M.A.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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J.E. McConathy
bDivision of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics (J.E.M.), Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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cDepartment of Radiology and Pediatrics (H.D.-L.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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A.M. Franceschi
dNeuroradiology Division (A.M.F.), Department of Radiology, Northwell Health/Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York
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C. Pedersen, M. Aboian, J.E. McConathy, H. Daldrup-Link, A.M. Franceschi
PET/MRI in Pediatric Neuroimaging: Primer for Clinical Practice
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2022, 43 (7) 938-943; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7464

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