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Toward a Better Understanding of Brain Lesions during Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Evolution

A. Martin, C. Sevin, C. Lazarus, C. Bellesme, P. Aubourg and C. Adamsbaum
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2012, 33 (9) 1731-1739; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3038
A. Martin
aFrom AP-HP, Bicêtre Hospital, Pediatric Radiology Department (A.M., C.A.)
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C. Sevin
bNeuropediatrics Department (C.S., C.B., P.A.)
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C. Lazarus
cLe Kremlin Bicêtre, France; AP-HP, Cochin-Broca-Hôtel Dieu Hospital, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (C.L.), Paris, France
dParis Descartes University, Faculty of Medecine (C.A., C.L., P.A.), Paris, France.
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C. Bellesme
bNeuropediatrics Department (C.S., C.B., P.A.)
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P. Aubourg
bNeuropediatrics Department (C.S., C.B., P.A.)
dParis Descartes University, Faculty of Medecine (C.A., C.L., P.A.), Paris, France.
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C. Adamsbaum
aFrom AP-HP, Bicêtre Hospital, Pediatric Radiology Department (A.M., C.A.)
dParis Descartes University, Faculty of Medecine (C.A., C.L., P.A.), Paris, France.
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