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Background: Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in neurosurgical planning allows identification of white matter tracts and has been associated with a reduction in postoperative functional deficits.

Objective: This study explores the relationship between the lesion-to-tract distance (LTD) and postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors in order to evaluate the role of DTI in predicting postoperative outcomes.

Methods: Adult patients with brain tumors (n = 60) underwent preoperative DTI.

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Mobilizing during Infancy to Prevent Severe Obesity.

J Pediatr

April 2017

Center for Child Health and Policy Case Western Reserve Medical School Cleveland, Ohio; AAP Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Electronic address:

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Allometry has been used to demonstrate a power-law scaling relationship in the brain of premature born infants. Forty-nine preterm infants underwent neonatal MRI scans and neurodevelopmental testing at age 2. Measures of cortical surface area and total cerebral volume demonstrated a power-law scaling relationship (α = 1.

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