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Chapter 18 - Neuroimaging in the Evaluation of Pattern and Timing of Fetal and Neonatal Brain Abnormalities

from Section 3 - Diagnosis of the Infant with Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

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Patrick D. Barnes
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David K. Stevenson ,
William E. Benitz ,
Philip Sunshine ,
Susan R. Hintz  and
Maurice L. Druzin
David K. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
William E. Benitz
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Philip Sunshine
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Susan R. Hintz
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Stanford University, California
Maurice L. Druzin
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Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury , pp. 283 - 311
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