Accelerated cerebral white matter development in preterm infants: a voxel-based morphometry study with diffusion tensor MR imaging

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Accelerated cerebral white matter development in preterm infants: a voxel-based morphometry study with diffusion tensor MR imaging. / Giménez, Mónica; Miranda, Maria J; Born, A Peter; Nagy, Zoltan; Rostrup, Egill; Jernigan, Terry L; Miranda, Maria J.

In: NeuroImage, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2008, p. 728-34.

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Giménez, M, Miranda, MJ, Born, AP, Nagy, Z, Rostrup, E, Jernigan, TL & Miranda, MJ 2008, 'Accelerated cerebral white matter development in preterm infants: a voxel-based morphometry study with diffusion tensor MR imaging', NeuroImage, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 728-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.029, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.029

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Giménez, M., Miranda, M. J., Born, A. P., Nagy, Z., Rostrup, E., Jernigan, T. L., & Miranda, M. J. (2008). Accelerated cerebral white matter development in preterm infants: a voxel-based morphometry study with diffusion tensor MR imaging. NeuroImage, 41(3), 728-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.029, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.029

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Giménez M, Miranda MJ, Born AP, Nagy Z, Rostrup E, Jernigan TL et al. Accelerated cerebral white matter development in preterm infants: a voxel-based morphometry study with diffusion tensor MR imaging. NeuroImage. 2008;41(3):728-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.029, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.029

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Giménez, Mónica ; Miranda, Maria J ; Born, A Peter ; Nagy, Zoltan ; Rostrup, Egill ; Jernigan, Terry L ; Miranda, Maria J. / Accelerated cerebral white matter development in preterm infants: a voxel-based morphometry study with diffusion tensor MR imaging. In: NeuroImage. 2008 ; Vol. 41, No. 3. pp. 728-34.

Bibtex

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