1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy markers of cognitive and language ability in clinical subtypes of autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 766-774

  Gabis, Lidia ^a,b   Wei, Huang ^c   Azizian, Allen ^d   DeVincent, Carla ^e   Tudorica, Alina ^e   Kesner Baruch, Yael ^a,b   Roche, Patricia ^e   Pomeroy, John ^e  

^a Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Autism spectrum disorders; Brain imaging; Language

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; PROTON;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHOLINE; COGNITION; CREATINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INOSITOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROTONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 47349120948     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808315423     Document Type: Article

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