Congenital and Acquired Abnormalities of the Corpus Callosum: A Pictorial Essay
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The purpose of this review is to illustrate the wide spectrum of lesions in the corpus callosum, both congenital and acquired: developmental abnormalities, phakomatoses, neurometabolic disorders, demyelinating diseases, infection and inflammation, vascular lesions, neoplasms, traumatic and iatrogenic injury, and others. Cases include fetuses, children, and adults with rich iconography from the authors' own archive.
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دوره 2013 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013