An MRI study of the corpus callosum in autism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1051-1056

  Piven, Joseph ^a,b   Bailey, James ^a   Ranson, Bonnie J ^a   Arndt, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030791396     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.8.1051     Document Type: Article

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