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Thalamus L-Sign: A Potential Biomarker of Neonatal Partial, Prolonged Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury or Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy?

S.K. Misser, J.W. Lotz, R. van Toorn, N. Mchunu, M. Archary and A.J. Barkovich
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2022, 43 (6) 919-925; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7511
S.K. Misser
aForm the Department of Radiology (D.S.K.M.), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa
bLake Smit and Partners Inc (D.S.K.M.), Durban, South Africa
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cDepartment of Radiodiagnosis (P.J.W.L.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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gCentre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (M.N.M.), Urban, South Africa
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S.K. Misser, J.W. Lotz, R. van Toorn, N. Mchunu, M. Archary, A.J. Barkovich
Thalamus L-Sign: A Potential Biomarker of Neonatal Partial, Prolonged Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury or Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy?
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2022, 43 (6) 919-925; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7511

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2022, 43 (6) 919-925; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7511
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