Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging
Brain Volume in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence of Volumetric Growth Delay?
R. Grant Steen, Temitope Emudianughe, Michael Hunte, John Glass, Shengjie Wu, Xiaoping Xiong and Wilburn E. Reddick
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2005, 26 (3) 455-462;
R. Grant Steen
Temitope Emudianughe
Michael Hunte
John Glass
Shengjie Wu
Xiaoping Xiong

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Brain Volume in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence of Volumetric Growth Delay?
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