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Congenital Malformations of the Brain

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Brain malformation is a common finding in the neuroimaging evaluation of children who presented with developmental delay, mental retardation, or epilepsy.

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Liu, J. (2022). Congenital Malformations of the Brain. In: Liu, H., Zhang, X. (eds) Pediatric Neuroimaging. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7928-5_1

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