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Sonography of the normal neonatal head

Supratentorial structures: state-of-the-art imaging

  • II. The Neonatal Head
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Advances in ultrasound equipment now permit display of anatomic structures not previously shown. Correlation of sonograms obtained in vivo with gross and myelin-stained sections of human autopsy material facilitates understanding of these new images.

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Naidich, T.P., Yousefzadeh, D.K. & Gusnard, D.A. Sonography of the normal neonatal head. Neuroradiology 28, 408–427 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344096

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