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Research ArticlePediatric Neuroimaging

Characteristic MR Imaging Findings of the Neonatal Brain in RASopathies

M.N. Cizmeci, M. Lequin, K.D. Lichtenbelt, D. Chitayat, P. Kannu, A.G. James, F. Groenendaal, E. Chakkarapani, S. Blaser and L.S. de Vries
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5611
M.N. Cizmeci
aFrom the Departments of Neonatology (M.N.C., F.G., L.S.d.V.)
cBrain Center Rudolf Magnus (M.N.C., F.G., L.S.d.V.)
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M. Lequin
bPediatric Radiology (M.L.), Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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K.D. Lichtenbelt
dDepartment of Medical Genetics (K.D.L.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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D. Chitayat
eDivisions of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (D.C., P.K.)
hDepartments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory Medicine, Pathobiology and Molecular Genetics (D.C.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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P. Kannu
eDivisions of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (D.C., P.K.)
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A.G. James
fNeonatology (A.G.J.)
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F. Groenendaal
aFrom the Departments of Neonatology (M.N.C., F.G., L.S.d.V.)
cBrain Center Rudolf Magnus (M.N.C., F.G., L.S.d.V.)
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E. Chakkarapani
iDivision of Neonatology (E.C.), School of Clinical Sciences, St Michael's Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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S. Blaser
gNeuroradiology (S.B.), Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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L.S. de Vries
aFrom the Departments of Neonatology (M.N.C., F.G., L.S.d.V.)
cBrain Center Rudolf Magnus (M.N.C., F.G., L.S.d.V.)
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M.N. Cizmeci, M. Lequin, K.D. Lichtenbelt, D. Chitayat, P. Kannu, A.G. James, F. Groenendaal, E. Chakkarapani, S. Blaser, L.S. de Vries
Characteristic MR Imaging Findings of the Neonatal Brain in RASopathies
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