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Images in paediatrics
Congenital subependymal giant cell astrocytoma diagnosed on fetal MRI
  1. N Hussain1,
  2. A Curran1,
  3. D Pilling2,
  4. C L Malluci3,
  5. E J Ladusans4,
  6. Z Alfirevic5,
  7. B Pizer6
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital (Alder Hey), Liverpool, UK
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
  3. 3Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
  4. 4Cardiac Unit, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
  5. 5University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  6. 6Department of Oncology, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr B Pizer
    Department of Oncology, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital (Alder Hey), Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK; barry.pizer{at}rlc.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.081703

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