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New MR Imaging Assessment Tool to Define Brain Abnormalities in Very Preterm Infants at Term

H. Kidokoro, J.J. Neil and T.E. Inder
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2013, 34 (11) 2208-2214; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3521
H. Kidokoro
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (H.K., J.J.N., T.E.I.)
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J.J. Neil
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (H.K., J.J.N., T.E.I.)
bNeurology (J.J.N., T.E.I.)
cRadiology (J.J.N., T.E.I.); Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
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T.E. Inder
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (H.K., J.J.N., T.E.I.)
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