Discordance of prenatal and neonatal brain development in twins

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Mukherjee, Niyati ^a   Kang, Chaeryon ^a   Wolfe, Honor M ^a   Hertzberg, Barbara S ^b   Smith, J Keith ^a   Lin, Weili ^a   Gerig, Guido ^c   Hamer, Robert M ^a   Gilmore, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 60849101056     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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