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1H MR Spectroscopic Characteristics of Kernicterus: A Possible Metabolic Signature
Wendy K. Oakden, Aideen M. Moore, Susan Blaser and Michael D. Noseworthy
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2005, 26 (6) 1571-1574;
Wendy K. Oakden
Aideen M. Moore
Susan Blaser

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