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Diffusion Abnormalities and Reduced Volume of the Ventral Cingulum Bundle in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A 3T Imaging Study
Y. Nakata, A.J. Barkovich, M. Wahl, Z. Strominger, R.J. Jeremy, M. Wakahiro, P. Mukherjee and E.H. Sherr
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2009, 30 (6) 1142-1148; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1527
Y. Nakata
A.J. Barkovich
M. Wahl
Z. Strominger
R.J. Jeremy
M. Wakahiro
P. Mukherjee

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Diffusion Abnormalities and Reduced Volume of the Ventral Cingulum Bundle in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A 3T Imaging Study
Y. Nakata, A.J. Barkovich, M. Wahl, Z. Strominger, R.J. Jeremy, M. Wakahiro, P. Mukherjee, E.H. Sherr
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2009, 30 (6) 1142-1148; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1527
Diffusion Abnormalities and Reduced Volume of the Ventral Cingulum Bundle in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A 3T Imaging Study
Y. Nakata, A.J. Barkovich, M. Wahl, Z. Strominger, R.J. Jeremy, M. Wakahiro, P. Mukherjee, E.H. Sherr
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2009, 30 (6) 1142-1148; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1527
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