Variability of human brain structure size: Ages 4-20 years

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Lange, Nicholas ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^b   Castellanos, F Xavier ^b   Vaituzis, A Catherine ^b   Rapoport, Judith L ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; child; coefficient of variation; magnetic resonance imaging; measurement error models; morphology; regression calibration; variance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030960965     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(96)03054-5     Document Type: Article

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