Brain structural abnormalities in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 184-192

  Sparks, B F ^a   Friedman, S D ^a   Shaw, D W ^a   Aylward, E H ^a   Echelard, D ^a   Artru, A A ^a   Maravilla, K R ^a   Giedd, J N ^c   Munson, J ^a   Dawson, G ^a   Dager, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037162380     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.2.184     Document Type: Article

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