Corpus callosum morphometrics in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 733-739

  Boger Megiddo, Inbal ^a,b   Shaw, Dennis W W ^a,c   Friedman, Seth D ^c   Sparks, Bobbi F ^c   Artru, Alan A ^c   Giedd, Jay N ^d   Dawson, Geraldine ^e   Dager, Stephen R ^c  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Public Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain structure; Corpus callosum; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMETRY; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33746639780     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0121-2     Document Type: Article

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