Corpus callosum size in adults with high-functioning autism and the relevance of gender

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

  Tepest, Ralf ^a   Jacobi, Esther ^a   Gawronski, Astrid ^a   Krug, Barbara ^a   Möller Hartmann, Walter ^a   Lehnhardt, Fritz G ^a   Vogeley, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphometry; MRI; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953961540     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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