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In two unrelated patients with Niemann-Pick type C disease MRI showed symmetrical cerebral and cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum. T2-weighted images in one showed high signal areas in the posterior white matter.
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Palmeri, S., Battisti, C., Federico, A. et al. Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum in Niemann-Pick type C disease. Neuroradiology 36, 20–22 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599187
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