Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 35-40 , January 2006

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Megalencephaly and Dilated Virchow-Robin Spaces

  • Samuel Groeschel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Knut Brockmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Peter Dechent, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MR Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Ekkehard Wilichowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Jens Frahm, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH am Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Folker Hanefeld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Hanefeld; Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics; Children′s Hospital; Robert-Koch-Str. 40; 37075 Göttingen, Germany

Received 22 February 2005 ,Accepted 23 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.05.012

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 35-40 , January 2006

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