Are the brains of monozygotic twins similar? A three-dimensional MR study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1361-1367

  Biondi, A ^a   Nogueira, H ^a   Dormont, D ^a   Duyme, M ^b   Hasboun, D ^a   Zouaoui, A ^a   Chantome M ^b   Marsault, C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032231897     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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