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29-09-2022 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Letter to the Editor

MRI and MR neurography features of a patient with Noonan syndrome associated with diffuse thickening of peripheral and cranial nerves

Authors: Diogo Goulart Corrêa, Luiz Celso Hygino da Cruz Jr.

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Dear Editor: …

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Title: MRI and MR neurography features of a patient with Noonan syndrome associated with diffuse thickening of peripheral and cranial nerves
Authors: Diogo Goulart Corrêa
Luiz Celso Hygino da Cruz Jr.
Publication date: 29-09-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 11/2022
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-022-05691-5