Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 328-331 , October 2001

Magnetic resonance imaging in three children with kernicterus

  • Seiichi Sugama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to Dr. Sugama; Department of Pediatrics; The Jikei University School of Medicine; 3-25-8 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku; Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Kita Medical Rehabilitation Center for Handicapped Johnan Branch, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Maternity and Child Health Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Atsuhiro Soeda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Maternity and Child Health Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshikatsu Eto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 17 January 2001 ,Accepted 4 May 2001.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 328-331 , October 2001

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