Basal ganglia calcifications in childhood

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Sato, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAHR DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

EID: 0038147376     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9091(02)00015-3     Document Type: Review

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