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Abnormal Microstructure of the Atrophic Thalamus in Preterm Survivors with Periventricular Leukomalacia

A.C. Nagasunder, H.C. Kinney, S. Blüml, C.J. Tavaré, T. Rosser, F.H. Gilles, M.D. Nelson and A. Panigrahy
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2011, 32 (1) 185-191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2243
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