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White Matter Abnormality Correlates with Developmental and Seizure Outcomes in West Syndrome of Unknown Etiology

J. Natsume, C. Ogawa, T. Fukasawa, H. Yamamoto, N. Ishihara, Y. Sakaguchi, Y. Ito, T. Takeuchi, Y. Azuma, N. Ando, T. Kubota, T. Tsuji, H. Kawai, S. Naganawa and H. Kidokoro
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2016, 37 (4) 698-705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4589
J. Natsume
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
bDevelopmental Disability Medicine (J.N.)
eBrain and Mind Research Center (J.N., H. Kidokoro), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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C. Ogawa
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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T. Fukasawa
fDepartment of Pediatrics (T.F., T.K.), Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan
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H. Yamamoto
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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N. Ishihara
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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Y. Sakaguchi
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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Y. Ito
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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T. Takeuchi
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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Y. Azuma
aFrom the Departments of Pediatrics (J.N., C.O., H.Y., N.I., Y.S., Y.I., T. Takeuchi, Y.A., H. Kidokoro)
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N. Ando
dDepartment of Pediatrics and Neonatology (N.A.), Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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T. Kubota
fDepartment of Pediatrics (T.F., T.K.), Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan
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T. Tsuji
gDepartment of Pediatrics (T. Tsuji), Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki, Japan.
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H. Kawai
cRadiology (H. Kawai, S.N.), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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cRadiology (H. Kawai, S.N.), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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