Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1374-1380 , December 2008

Prominent signal intensity of T1/T2 prolongation in subcortical white matter of the anterior temporal region on conventional screening MRI of late preterm infants with normal development

  • Chatchada Wuttikul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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  • Toshiaki Taoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 744 29 8900; fax: +81 744 24 1988.
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  • Toshiaki Akashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Nakagawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Toshiteru Miyasaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Masahiko Sakamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Katsutoshi Takayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Takeshi Wada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Satoru Kitano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Junko Takahama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Nagaaki Marugami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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  • Kimihiko Kichikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan

Received 21 October 2007 ,Revised 21 April 2008 ,Accepted 26 April 2008.

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PII: S0730-725X(08)00143-4

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.04.014

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1374-1380 , December 2008

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