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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
Shiin-Feng Peng
bDepartment of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Tso-Ren Wang
aDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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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Yin-Hsiu Chien, Shiin-Feng Peng, Tso-Ren Wang, Wuh-Liang Hwu
Cranial MR Spectroscopy of Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2002, 23 (6) 1055-1058;
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