Regional brain tissue composition in children with hydrocephalus: Relationships with cognitive development

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-557

  Fletcher, Jack M ^a,c   McCauley, Stephen R ^b   Brandt, Michael E ^a   Bohan, Timothy P ^a   Kramer, Larry A ^a   Francis, David J ^b   Thorstad, Kelly ^a   Broohshire, Bannie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0029938260     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550060093022     Document Type: Article

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