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Incidental Thalamic Lesions Identified on Brain MRI in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients: Imaging Features and Natural History

Vinicius de Padua V. Alves, Marguerite M. Care and James L. Leach
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8090
Vinicius de Padua V. Alves
aFrom the Department of Radiology (V.d.P.V.A., M.M.C., J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Marguerite M. Care
aFrom the Department of Radiology (V.d.P.V.A., M.M.C., J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
bDepartment of Radiology (M.M.C., J.L.L.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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James L. Leach
aFrom the Department of Radiology (V.d.P.V.A., M.M.C., J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
bDepartment of Radiology (M.M.C., J.L.L.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Vinicius de Padua V. Alves, Marguerite M. Care, James L. Leach
Incidental Thalamic Lesions Identified on Brain MRI in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients: Imaging Features and Natural History
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2024, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8090

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