Neuroanatomical and neurocognitive differences in a pair of monozygous twins discordant for strictly defined autism

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 782-791

  Kates, Wendy R ^a,c   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a   Zimmerman, Andrew W ^a   Mazzocco, Michele M M ^a   Landa, Rebecca ^a   Warsofsky, Ilana S ^a   Kaufmann, Walter E ^a   Reiss, Allan L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031865728     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430613     Document Type: Article

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