Women with autistic-spectrum disorder: Magnetic resonance imaging study of brain anatomy

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-228

  Craig, Michael C ^a   Zaman, Shahid H ^a   Daly, Eileen M ^a   Cutter, William J ^a   Robertson, Dene M W ^a   Hallahan, Brian ^a   Toal, Fiona ^a   Reed, Suzie ^a   Ambikapathy, Anita ^a   Brammer, Mick ^a   Murphy, Clodagh M ^a   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548708988     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034603     Document Type: Article

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