Understanding neurodevelopment in premature infants: Applied chaos theory

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-429

  MacKendrick, William ^a  

^a EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33646119432     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.12.049     Document Type: Editorial

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