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Imaging Patterns Characterizing Mitochondrial Leukodystrophies
S.D. Roosendaal, T. van de Brug, C.A.P.F. Alves, S. Blaser, A. Vanderver, N.I. Wolf and M.S. van der Knaap
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2021, 42 (7) 1334-1340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7097
S.D. Roosendaal
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.D.R.)
T. van de Brug
bEpidemiology and Biostatistics (T.v.d.B.), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
C.A.P.F. Alves
cDivision of Neuroradiology (C.A.P.F.A.)
S. Blaser
eDivision of Neuroradiology (S.B.), Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A. Vanderver
dDepartment of Radiology and Division of Neurology (A.V.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
N.I. Wolf
fDepartment of Pediatric Neurology (M.S.v.d.K, N.I.W.), Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
M.S. van der Knaap
fDepartment of Pediatric Neurology (M.S.v.d.K, N.I.W.), Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
gDepartment of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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- Received November 17, 2020
- Accepted after revision January 14, 2021
- Published online July 13, 2021.
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- S.D. Roosendaala,
- T. van de Brugb,
- C.A.P.F. Alvesc,
- S. Blasere,
- A. Vanderverd,
- N.I. Wolff and
- M.S. van der Knaapf,g
- aFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.D.R.)
- bEpidemiology and Biostatistics (T.v.d.B.), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- cDivision of Neuroradiology (C.A.P.F.A.)
- dDepartment of Radiology and Division of Neurology (A.V.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- eDivision of Neuroradiology (S.B.), Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- fDepartment of Pediatric Neurology (M.S.v.d.K, N.I.W.), Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- gDepartment of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Please address correspondence to Stefan D. Roosendaal, MD, PhD, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Radiology, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands: e-mail: stefan.roosendaal{at}amsterdamumc.nl
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European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Disorders (ERN-RND)
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