Diffusion tensor imaging findings in school-aged autistic children

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Brito, Adriana Rocha ^a,e   Vasconcelos, Marcio Moacyr ^a   Domingues, Romeu Cortes ^b   Hygino Da Cruz Jr, Luiz Celso ^b   Rodrigues, Leise De Souza ^c   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^b,d   Calçada, Carlos Adolfo B Pinto ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

^c CDPI   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autism; Child; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 70349488819     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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