Anatomical and functional abnormalities of central nervous system in autistic disorder: A MRI and SPECT study;Alterações anátomo-funcionais do sistema nervoso central no transtorno autístico: Um estudo com RNM e SPECT

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 957-961

  Machado, Marbene Guedes ^a,b,d   Oliveira, Hélio Araújo ^a,c   Cipolotti, Rosana ^a,c   Santos, Clara Augusta Garcia Moreno ^a,d   De Oliveira, Emanoella Faro ^a,d   Donald, Robert Moraes ^a,e   Krausss, Miriam Peres De Oliveira ^a,f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitário   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Medicina

^d Medicina ^*  (Brazil)

^e Servico de Med Nuclear

^f Serv de Ressonancia Nucl Magnetica

Author keywords

Autism; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346258058     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000600013     Document Type: Article

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