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Response regarding involvement of the cerebral veins in MELAS syndrome

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20010, USA

    Matthew T. Whitehead

  2. George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 20037, USA

    Matthew T. Whitehead

  3. Department of Radiology, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20010, USA

    Matthew T. Whitehead

  4. Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital - University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Michael Wien & Nancy Bass

  5. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Michael Wien & Nancy Bass

  6. Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA

    Bonmyong Lee

  7. Department of Neurology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20010, USA

    Andrea Gropman

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Whitehead, M.T., Wien, M., Lee, B. et al. Response regarding involvement of the cerebral veins in MELAS syndrome. Neuroradiology 59, 947–949 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-017-1902-3

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