Investigation of Neuroanatomical Differences between Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-298

  Lotspeich, Linda J ^a   Kwon, Hower ^a   Schumann, Cynthia M ^b   Fryer, Susanna L ^a   Goodlin Jones, Beth L ^b   Buonocore, Michael H ^b   Lammers, Cathy R ^b   Amaral, David G ^b,c   Reiss, Allan L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1542276539     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.3.291     Document Type: Article

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