Laterobasal amygdalar enlargement in 6- to 7-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1187-1197

  Kim, Jieun E ^a   Lyoo, In Kyoon ^a,d   Estes, Annette M ^e   Renshaw, Perry F ^d   Shaw, Dennis W ^f   Friedman, Seth D ^f   Kim, Dajung J ^a   Yoon, Sujung J ^b   Hwang, Jaeuk ^c   Dager, Stephen R ^e,f  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LATEROBASAL AMYGDALA ENLARGEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 78149304705     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.148     Document Type: Article

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