Twin-singleton differences in neonatal brain structure

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-276

  Knickmeyer, Rebecca C ^a   Kang, Chaeryon ^b   Woolson, Sandra ^a   Smith, J Keith ^b   Hamer, Robert M ^a,b   Lin, Weili ^b   Gerig, Guido ^c   Styner, Martin ^a,d   Gilmore, John H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Gray matter; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOSITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOSITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; WHITE MATTER; ZYGOSITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79957654749     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.3.268     Document Type: Article

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