Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 264, Issue 1 , Pages 34-37 , 15 January 2008

Intracranial incidental findings on brain MR images in a pediatric neurology practice: A retrospective study

  • Surya N. Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Section of Child Neurology,Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Temple University Children's Medical Center, 3509 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Tel.: +1 215 707 6639; fax: +1 215 707 6629.
    • ,
  • Brook Belay

      Affiliations

    • Section of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Received 4 May 2007 ,Revised 17 June 2007 ,Accepted 28 June 2007.

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PII: S0022-510X(07)00483-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.055

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 264, Issue 1 , Pages 34-37 , 15 January 2008

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