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Cranial MR Spectroscopy of Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency

Yin-Hsiu Chien, Shiin-Feng Peng, Tso-Ren Wang and Wuh-Liang Hwu
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2002, 23 (6) 1055-1058;
Yin-Hsiu Chien
aDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shiin-Feng Peng
bDepartment of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tso-Ren Wang
aDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wuh-Liang Hwu
aDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
cDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
dDepartment of General Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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