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Selective Motor Control is a Clinical Correlate of Brain Motor Tract Impairment in Children with Spastic Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

A. Vuong, E.G. Fowler, J. Matsumoto, L.A. Staudt, H. Yokota and S.H. Joshi
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2021, 42 (11) 2054-2061; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7272
A. Vuong
aFrom the Departments of Bioengineering (A.V., S.H.J.)
bOrthopaedic Surgery (A.V., E.G.F., L.A.S.)
eCenter for Cerebral Palsy at UCLA/Orthopaedic Institute for Children (A.V., E.G.F., L.A.S.), Los Angeles, California
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E.G. Fowler
bOrthopaedic Surgery (A.V., E.G.F., L.A.S.)
eCenter for Cerebral Palsy at UCLA/Orthopaedic Institute for Children (A.V., E.G.F., L.A.S.), Los Angeles, California
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cPediatrics (J.M.)
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bOrthopaedic Surgery (A.V., E.G.F., L.A.S.)
eCenter for Cerebral Palsy at UCLA/Orthopaedic Institute for Children (A.V., E.G.F., L.A.S.), Los Angeles, California
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H. Yokota
fDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation (H.Y.), Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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S.H. Joshi
aFrom the Departments of Bioengineering (A.V., S.H.J.)
dAhmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center in the Department of Neurology (S.H.J.), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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