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Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tractography in Children with Craniosynostosis Syndromes

B.F.M. Rijken, A. Leemans, Y. Lucas, K. van Montfort, I.M.J. Mathijssen and M.H. Lequin
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2015, 36 (8) 1558-1564; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4301
B.F.M. Rijken
aFrom the Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (B.F.M.R., Y.L., I.M.J.M.)
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A. Leemans
cImage Sciences Institute (A.L.), University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Y. Lucas
aFrom the Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (B.F.M.R., Y.L., I.M.J.M.)
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K. van Montfort
dDepartment of Biostatics (K.v.M.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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I.M.J. Mathijssen
aFrom the Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (B.F.M.R., Y.L., I.M.J.M.)
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M.H. Lequin
bRadiology (M.H.L.), Erasmus Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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B.F.M. Rijken, A. Leemans, Y. Lucas, K. van Montfort, I.M.J. Mathijssen, M.H. Lequin
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2015, 36 (8) 1558-1564; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4301
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