Pediatric Neurology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 259-266 , October 2005

Low-Birth-Weight Adolescents: Psychiatric Symptoms and Cerebral MRI Abnormalities

  • Marit S. Indredavik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Indredavik; Department of Neuroscience; Faculty of Medicine; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; NO-7489 Trondheim, Norway.
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  • Jon S. Skranes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Torstein Vik, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Sonja Heyerdahl, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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  • Pål Romundstad, MSC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Gunnar E. Myhr, MD

      Affiliations

    • MR Center, Department of Radiology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Ann-Mari Brubakk, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Received 15 February 2005 ,Accepted 2 May 2005.

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PII: S0887-8994(05)00253-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.05.002

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 259-266 , October 2005

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