EEG and MRI findings and their relation with intellectual disability in pervasive developmental disorders

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Önal, Üzlem ^a   Özcan, Özlem ^b   Öner, Özgür ^c   Akcakin, Melda ^a   Aysev, Ayla ^a   Deda, Gülhis ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NIMH Fogarty International Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Program   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autism; Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pervasive developmental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ATROPHY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RETARDATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 69249179563     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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