Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 111-119 , September 2009

Diffusion Imaging of Congenital Brain Malformations

  • Mike Wahl, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mike Wahl, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

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doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2009.07.002

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 111-119 , September 2009

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