Relationship between head circumference and brain volume in healthy normal toddlers, children, and adults

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 239-241

  Bartholomeusz, H H ^a   Courchesne, E ^a,b   Karns, C M ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Volume; Head Circumference; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036823077     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36735     Document Type: Article

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