Moderate and late preterm birth: effect on brain size and maturation at term-equivalent age

Jennifer M Walsh1, Lex W Doyle, Peter J Anderson

  • 1From the Departments of Newborn Research and Neonatal Services (J.M.W., L.W.D., J.L.Y.C.), Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (L.W.D., P.J.A., K.J.L., J.L.Y.C.); and Department of Victorian Infant Brain Studies, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia (J.M.W., L.W.D., P.J.A., K.J.L., J.L.Y.C.).

Radiology
|June 11, 2014
PubMed
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