Brainstem volumetric alterations in children with autism

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1347-1354

  Jou, R J ^a   Minshew, N J ^b   Melhem, N M ^b   Keshavan, M S ^c   Hardan, A Y ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Pervasive developmental disorder; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 69549125945     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708004376     Document Type: Article

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