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; A.J. Barkovich

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A7511

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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 May 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7511

S.K. Misser

aFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.K.M.)

cLake Smit and Partners Inc (S.K.M.), Durban, South Africa

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dDepartments of Radiodiagnosis (J.W.L.)

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R. van Toorn

ePaediatrics and Child Health (R.v.T.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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N. Mchunu

fBiostatistics Research Unit (N.M.), South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa

gSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, (N.M.), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

hCentre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (N.M.), Urban, South Africa

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M. Archary

bPediatrics (M.A.), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa

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iSchool of Medicine (A.J.B.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

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

American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2022, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7511

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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, A.J. Barkovich

American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2022, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7511

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