Infantile sialic acid storage disease: serial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging features.
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SUBMITTER: Parazzini C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7973609 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar
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Infantile sialic acid storage disease: serial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging features.
Parazzini Cecilia C Arena Saverio S Marchetti Lucrezia L Menni Francesca F Filocamo Mirella M Verheijen Frans W FW Mancini Grazia M S GM Triulzi Fabio F Parini Rossella R
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 20030301 3
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