Brain weight in autism: Normal in the majority of cases, megalencephalic in rare cases

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1057-1059

  Courchesne, Eric ^a,c,e   Müller, Ralph Axel ^b,c   Saitoh, Osamu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Lab Res on the Neurosci of Autism   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345390993     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.5.1057     Document Type: Article

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