A MRI study of 146 Brazilian children

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 186-192

  Da Rocha, Armando Freitas ^a,c   Leite, Cláudia Da Costa ^b   Rocha, Fábio Theoto ^a   Massad, Eduardo ^a,c   Cerri, Giovanni Guido ^b   De Oliveira Angelotti, Sueli Aparecida ^d   Garcia Gomes, Eloisa Helena ^d   Oliveira, Carla Cristina M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Radiology of FMUSP ^*

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d APAE Jundiaí   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agressiveness; Cerebral lesion; Magnetic resonance image; Maternal stress; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; BRAIN; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33745532886     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000200003     Document Type: Article

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