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Prospective Evaluation of the Brain in Asymptomatic Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Relationship of Macrocephaly to T1 Relaxation Changes and Structural Brain Abnormalities
R. Grant Steen, June S. Taylor, James W. Langston, John O. Glass, Vickie R. Brewer, Wilburn E. Reddick, Roy Mages and Eniko K. Pivnick
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2001, 22 (5) 810-817;
R. Grant Steen
June S. Taylor
James W. Langston
John O. Glass
Vickie R. Brewer
Wilburn E. Reddick
Roy Mages
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Prospective Evaluation of the Brain in Asymptomatic Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Relationship of Macrocephaly to T1 Relaxation Changes and Structural Brain Abnormalities
R. Grant Steen, June S. Taylor, James W. Langston, John O. Glass, Vickie R. Brewer, Wilburn E. Reddick, Roy Mages, Eniko K. Pivnick
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2001, 22 (5) 810-817;
Prospective Evaluation of the Brain in Asymptomatic Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Relationship of Macrocephaly to T1 Relaxation Changes and Structural Brain Abnormalities
R. Grant Steen, June S. Taylor, James W. Langston, John O. Glass, Vickie R. Brewer, Wilburn E. Reddick, Roy Mages, Eniko K. Pivnick
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2001, 22 (5) 810-817;
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