Voxel-based morphometry elucidates structural neuroanatomy of high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 760-764

  Kwon, Hower ^a,b   Ow, Andrew W ^a   Pedatella, Kate E ^a   Lotspeich, Linda J ^a   Reiss, Allan L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 7944231670     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204001306     Document Type: Article

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