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Research ArticlePEDIATRIC NEUROIMAGING

Fetal MRI Findings, Etiology, and Outcome in Prenatally Diagnosed Schizencephaly

Elizabeth George, Rachel Vassar, Yolanda Yu, Mary E. Norton, Dawn Gano and Orit A. Glenn
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8523
Elizabeth George
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (E.G., O.A.G), University of California, San Francisco, California
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Rachel Vassar
bDepartment of Neurology (R.V. D.G.), University of California, San Francisco, California
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Yolanda Yu
cAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (Y.Y.), Bronx, New York
eDepartment of Pediatrics (Y.Y.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Mary E. Norton
dDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences (M.E.N.), University of California, San Francisco, California
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Dawn Gano
bDepartment of Neurology (R.V. D.G.), University of California, San Francisco, California
eDepartment of Pediatrics (Y.Y.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Orit A. Glenn
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Elizabeth George, Rachel Vassar, Yolanda Yu, Mary E. Norton, Dawn Gano, Orit A. Glenn
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