Abnormal asymmetry in language association cortex in autism

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 588-596

  Herbert, Martha R ^a   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Adrien, Kristen T ^a   Ziegler, David A ^a   Makris, Nikos ^a   Kennedy, Dave N ^a   Lange, Nicholas T ^b   Chabris, Chris F ^a   Bakardjiev, Anna ^d   Hodgson, James ^e   Takeoka, Masanori ^f   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c   Caviness Jr , Verne S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^d Pennington School   (United States)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036830197     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10349     Document Type: Article

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