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Acute and Chronic Kernicterus: MR Imaging Evolution of Globus Pallidus Signal Change during Childhood

J. Gburek-Augustat, I. Sorge, M. Stange, J. Kern, A. Merkenschlager, T. Nägele and I. Krägeloh-Mann
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2023, 44 (9) 1090-1095; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7948
J. Gburek-Augustat
aFrom the Division of Neuropaediatrics (J.G.-A., A.M.), Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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I. Sorge
bDepartment of Pediatric Radiology (I.S.), University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Leipzig, Germany
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M. Stange
cDepartment of Pediatrics (M.S.), University Hospital Halle, Halle, Germany
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J. Kern
dDepartment of Paediatric Neurology (J.K., I.K.-M.), University Children's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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aFrom the Division of Neuropaediatrics (J.G.-A., A.M.), Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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eDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (T.N.), Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany.
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dDepartment of Paediatric Neurology (J.K., I.K.-M.), University Children's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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