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Pediatric Acute Toxic Leukoencephalopathy: Prediction of the Clinical Outcome by FLAIR and DWI for Various Etiologies

K. Ozturk, J. Rykken and A.M. McKinney
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2020, 41 (8) 1517-1524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6624
K. Ozturk
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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J. Rykken
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A.M. McKinney
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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