Gender differences in the corpus callosum of neonates

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1029-1032

  Hwang, Seung Jun ^a   Ji, Eun Kyung ^b   Lee, Eun Kyung ^b   Kim, Yong Min ^b   Shin, Da Young ^a   Cheon, Young Hyuck ^c   Rhyu, Im Joo ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Dimorphism; Gender; Neonate; Ultrasonograph

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 2342623482     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200404290-00019     Document Type: Article

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