Twin-singleton differences in brain structure using structural equation modelling

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 384-390

  Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a,c   Posthuma, Daniëlle ^b   Baaré, Wim F C ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^b   Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   Van Oel, Clarine J ^a   Kahn, René S ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth order; Brain; MRI; Structural equation modelling; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIBLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; WHITE MATTER; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0036165245     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf035     Document Type: Article

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