Advanced neuroimaging techniques in children with traumatic brain injury

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: New Frontiers in Clinical and Translational Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 68-93

  Ashwa, Stephen ^a   Tong, Karen A ^a   Obenaus, Andre ^a   Holshouser, Barbara A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79451473678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676383.006     Document Type: Chapter

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