Neural correlates of communication skill and symptom severity in autism: A voxel-based morphometry study

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 444-454

  Parks, Lauren K ^a   Hill, Dina E ^a   Thoma, Robert J ^a,b   Euler, Matthew J ^a   Lewine, Jeffrey D ^c   Yeo, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^c Alexian Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Heterogeneity; Severity; VBM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 60549084500     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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