Reduced thalamic volume observed across different subgroups of autism spectrum disorders

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-188

  Tamura, Ryu ^a   Kitamura, Hideaki ^a   Endo, Taro ^a   Hasegawa, Naoya ^a   Someya, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449233926     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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