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Evaluation of cerebellar mutism by arterial spin-labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT): a case report

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Acknowledgment

This manuscript was partially supported by the grant-in-aid for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Nos. 22591612 and 23592091. The authors acknowledge Yuji Akiyama for technical support of functional MR imaging.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan

    Yosuke Watanabe, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Yoshinori Kajiwara, Takeshi Takayasu, Ryo Nosaka & Kaoru Kurisu

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Kazuhiro Nakamura & Masao Kobayashi

  3. Department of Clinical Oncology & Neuro-oncology Program, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

    Kazuhiko Sugiyama

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Watanabe, Y., Yamasaki, F., Nakamura, K. et al. Evaluation of cerebellar mutism by arterial spin-labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT): a case report. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 1257–1260 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1741-9

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