Brain MRI and cognitive evoked potentials in rural chronically undernourished children

Nutrition Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1147-1151

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalital, J ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^b   Poptani, H ^b   Agarwal, D K ^c   Agarwal, K N ^c  

^a Dept of Neurology and Radiology ^*  (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive Evoked Potential; MRI; Rural School Children; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029882675     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0271-5317(96)00119-4     Document Type: Article

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