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Extensive Unilateral Cerebral Infarct in a Full-term Newborn

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The authors report a case of extensive, unilateral hemispheric infarct with internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion in a term infant emphasizing the value of MRI, particularly diffusion weighted imaging (DWI).

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  1. Department of Radiology, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, #62 Yeouido-dong Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-713, South Korea

    Eun Jae Lee & Gye-Yeon Lim

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

    So-Young Kim

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Lee, E.J., Lim, GY. & Kim, SY. Extensive Unilateral Cerebral Infarct in a Full-term Newborn. Indian J Pediatr 80, 1056–1058 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-013-0983-1

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