Regional callosal morphology in autism and macrocephaly

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-99

  Kilian, Shirley ^a   Brown, Warren S ^b,g   Hallam, Bradley J ^c   McMahon, William ^d   Lu, Jeffrey ^e   Johnson, Michael ^e   Bigler, Erin D ^d,f   Lainhart, Janet ^d  

^a Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d The Brain Institute at the University of Utah   (United States)

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

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Travis Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 38549171307     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640701729821     Document Type: Article

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