Pervasive microstructural abnormalities in autism: A DTI study

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Groen, Wouter B ^a,b,c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b,d   van der Gaag, Rutger J ^a,b   Zwiers, Marcel P ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 78650751446     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.090100     Document Type: Article

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