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At the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) annual meeting 2017 in Davos, Switzerland, the ESPR Abdominal (gastrointestinal and genitourinary) Imaging Task Force set out to complete the suggestions ...
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The brain is considered to be a glucose-obligatory organ, that is neuronal and glial cells from the central nervous system (CNS) are dependent on glucose as a sole energy source1. The ability of various anatomica...