What do imaging studies tell us about the neural basis of autism?

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 149-176

  Frith, Chris ^a   Bishop, ^b   Amaral, ^b   Schultz, ^b   Charman, ^b   Hollis, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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