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Brachial Plexus Ultrasound and MRI in Children with Brachial Plexus Birth Injury

A. Gunes, E. Bulut, A. Uzumcugil and K.K. Oguz
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2018, 39 (9) 1745-1750; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5749
A. Gunes
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.G.), University of Health Sciences, Ankara Child Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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bDepartments of Radiology (E.B., K.K.O.)
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A. Uzumcugil
cOrthopedics and Traumatology (A.U.), Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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