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Evolution of Unilateral Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke on Conventional and Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging
J. Dudink, E. Mercuri, L. Al-Nakib, P. Govaert, S.J. Counsell, M.A. Rutherford and F.M. Cowan
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2009, 30 (5) 998-1004; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1480
J. Dudink
E. Mercuri
L. Al-Nakib
P. Govaert
S.J. Counsell
M.A. Rutherford

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J. Dudink, E. Mercuri, L. Al-Nakib, P. Govaert, S.J. Counsell, M.A. Rutherford, F.M. Cowan
Evolution of Unilateral Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke on Conventional and Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2009, 30 (5) 998-1004; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1480
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