Abnormal cortical development after premature birth shown by altered allometric scaling of brain growth

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1382-1390

  Kapellou, Olga ^a   Counsell, Serena J ^a   Kennea, Nigel ^a   Dyet, Leigh ^a   Saeed, Nadeem ^a   Stark, Jaroslav ^b   Maalouf, Elia ^a   Duggan, Philip ^a   Ajayi Obe, Morenike ^a   Hajnal, Jo ^a   Allsop, Joanna M ^a   Boardman, James ^a   Rutherford, Mary A ^a   Cowan, Frances ^a   Edwards, A David ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIOMETRY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748368092     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030265     Document Type: Article

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