A Preliminary Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain Volume and Cortical Thickness in Autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-326

  Hardan, Antonio Y ^a   Libove, Robin A ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^b   Melhem, Nadine M ^c   Minshew, Nancy J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; clinical features; development; repetitive behaviors; severity; social deficits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STEREOTYPY; THICKNESS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67651042530     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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