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Variability of Homotopic and Heterotopic Callosal Connectivity in Partial Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A 3T Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Q-Ball Tractography Study
M. Wahl, Z. Strominger, R.J. Jeremy, A.J. Barkovich, M. Wakahiro, E.H. Sherr and P. Mukherjee
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2009, 30 (2) 282-289; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1361
M. Wahl
Z. Strominger
R.J. Jeremy
A.J. Barkovich
M. Wakahiro
E.H. Sherr

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Variability of Homotopic and Heterotopic Callosal Connectivity in Partial Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A 3T Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Q-Ball Tractography Study
M. Wahl, Z. Strominger, R.J. Jeremy, A.J. Barkovich, M. Wakahiro, E.H. Sherr, P. Mukherjee
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2009, 30 (2) 282-289; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1361
Variability of Homotopic and Heterotopic Callosal Connectivity in Partial Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A 3T Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Q-Ball Tractography Study
M. Wahl, Z. Strominger, R.J. Jeremy, A.J. Barkovich, M. Wakahiro, E.H. Sherr, P. Mukherjee
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2009, 30 (2) 282-289; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1361
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