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Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging

Selectively Reduced Posterior Corpus Callosum Size in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults Born with Low Birth Weight

S.M. Aukland, R. Westerhausen, K.J. Plessen, M.D. Odberg, I.B. Elgen, B.S. Peterson, L. Ersland, G.E. Eide and K. Rosendahl
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2011, 32 (5) 970-975; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2594
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Selectively Reduced Posterior Corpus Callosum Size in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults Born with Low Birth Weight
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