Mri study of minor physical anomaly in childhood autism implicates aberrant neurodevelopment in infancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Cheung, Charlton ^a   McAlonan, Grainne M ^a   Fung, Yee Y ^b   Fung, Germaine ^a   Yu, Kevin K ^a   Tai, Kin Shing ^a   Sham, Pak C ^a   Chua, Siew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR PHYSICAL ANOMALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; UNCUS; BRAIN; CONGENITAL DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; INFANT; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORBIT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958158237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020246     Document Type: Article

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