Evidence of Brain Overgrowth in the First Year of Life in Autism

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-344

  Courchesne, Eric ^a,c,d   Carper, Ruth ^a,c   Akshoomoff, Natacha ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Center for Autism Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WHITE MATTER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0038601952     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.3.337     Document Type: Article

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