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Temporal Lobe Malformations in Achondroplasia: Expanding the Brain Imaging Phenotype Associated with FGFR3-Related Skeletal Dysplasias

S.A. Manikkam, K. Chetcuti, K.B. Howell, R. Savarirayan, A.M. Fink and S.A. Mandelstam
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2018, 39 (2) 380-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5468
S.A. Manikkam
aFrom the Departments of Medical Imaging (S.A. Manikkam, A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam)
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K. Chetcuti
cDepartment of Radiology (K.C.), Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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K.B. Howell
bNeurology (K.B.H.), Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
dDepartments of Paediatrics (K.B.H., S.A. Mandelstam)
fMurdoch Children's Research Institute (K.B.H., R.S., A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam), Melbourne, Australia
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R. Savarirayan
fMurdoch Children's Research Institute (K.B.H., R.S., A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam), Melbourne, Australia
gVictorian Clinical Genetics Services (R.S.), Melbourne, Australia
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A.M. Fink
aFrom the Departments of Medical Imaging (S.A. Manikkam, A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam)
eRadiology (A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
fMurdoch Children's Research Institute (K.B.H., R.S., A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam), Melbourne, Australia
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S.A. Mandelstam
aFrom the Departments of Medical Imaging (S.A. Manikkam, A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam)
dDepartments of Paediatrics (K.B.H., S.A. Mandelstam)
eRadiology (A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
fMurdoch Children's Research Institute (K.B.H., R.S., A.M.F., S.A. Mandelstam), Melbourne, Australia
hFlorey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (S.A. Mandelstam), Melbourne, Australia.
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S.A. Manikkam, K. Chetcuti, K.B. Howell, R. Savarirayan, A.M. Fink, S.A. Mandelstam
Temporal Lobe Malformations in Achondroplasia: Expanding the Brain Imaging Phenotype Associated with FGFR3-Related Skeletal Dysplasias
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2018, 39 (2) 380-384; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5468

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2018, 39 (2) 380-384; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5468
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