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Cerebellar atrophy with T2/FLAIR hyperintense cerebellar cortex: a new imaging phenotype of combined complex II/III deficiency

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Health System, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Singapore

    Ai Peng Tan

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile, Santos Dumont 999, Independencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile

    Carlos Robles

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Kshitij Mankad

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Tan, A.P., Robles, C. & Mankad, K. Cerebellar atrophy with T2/FLAIR hyperintense cerebellar cortex: a new imaging phenotype of combined complex II/III deficiency. Childs Nerv Syst 34, 601–603 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-3762-5

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