Imaging of autism: Lessons from the past to guide studies in the future

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 793-801

  Goldberg, Jeremy ^a   Szatmari, Peter ^a   Nahmias, Claude ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Emission computed; Infantile; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032800040     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379904400806     Document Type: Review

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