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The advantages of CUS are numerous and widely appreciated (see Chap. 1). It is however important to acknowledge the limitations of CUS:
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Meijler, G., Steggerda, S.J. (2019). Limitations of Cranial Ultrasonography and Recommendations for MRI. In: Neonatal Cranial Ultrasonography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77815-0_7
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