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Reply to Lancelot et al.: ‘Lack of evidence of a relationship between magnetic resonance signal intensity changes in the globus pallidus and dentate nucleus, and repeated administrations of gadoterate meglumine in children’

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Rossi Espagnet, M., Tomà, P. & Napolitano, A. Reply to Lancelot et al.: ‘Lack of evidence of a relationship between magnetic resonance signal intensity changes in the globus pallidus and dentate nucleus, and repeated administrations of gadoterate meglumine in children’. Pediatr Radiol 47, 1694–1696 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-3948-0

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