Oculomotor abnormalities parallel cerebellar histopathology in autism

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1359-1361

  Takarae, Y ^a   Minshew, N J ^b   Luna, B ^b   Sweeney, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMETRIA; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 4344677859     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.022491     Document Type: Article

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