Larger brain and white matter volumes in children with developmental language disorder

Developmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Herbert, Martha R ^a,e   Ziegler, David A ^a   Makris, Nikos ^a   Bakardjiev, Anna ^f   Hodgson, James ^b   Adrien, Kristen T ^c   Kennedy, David N ^a   Filipek, Pauline A ^d   Caviness Jr , Verne S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE

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EID: 0042864494     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00291     Document Type: Article

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