The relative contributions of brain, cerebrospinal fluid-filled structures and non-neural tissue volumes to occipital-frontal head circumference in subjects with autism

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Tate, D F ^a,b,e   Bigler, E D ^c,d   McMahon, W ^d   Lainhart, J ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Center for Neurologic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain overgrowth; Head circumference; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN GROWTH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGES; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 34547755603     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981450     Document Type: Article

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