Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 227-235 , April 2004

Selective vulnerability in the developing central nervous system

  • Patrick S McQuillen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. McQuillen; Department of Pediatrics, Rm M680; Box 0106; University of California San Francisco Medical Center;San Francisco, CA 94143-0106, USA.
    • ,
  • Donna M Ferriero, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

Received 5 August 2003 ,Accepted 6 October 2003.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 227-235 , April 2004

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