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A Prospective Study of Fetuses with Isolated Ventriculomegaly Investigated by Antenatal Sonography and In Utero MR Imaging

P.D. Griffiths, M.J. Reeves, J.E. Morris, G. Mason, S.A. Russell, M.N.J. Paley and E.H. Whitby
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2010, 31 (1) 106-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1767
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2010, 31 (1) 106-111; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1767
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