An in-vivo structural MRI investigation of newborn infants' brains : preterm infants and infants born with intrauterine growth restriction

Introduction: It is well documented that preterm infants are less developed than term infants at term age and infants with IUGR are said to be of higher vulnerability. Fractional Anisotropy (FA) and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) are sensitive to micro structural abnormalities and increases in...

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Main Author: Atkinson, Jessica
Published: University of Liverpool 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.644367