Gender Differences in the Functional Organization of the Brain

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-86

  Gur, Ruben C ^a   Bockow, Tamara ^b   Gur, Raquel E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84882519468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374271-1.00007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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