Integrity of the inferior longitudinal fasciculus and impaired object recognition in children: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-43

  Ortibus, Els ^a   Verhoeven, Judith ^a   Sunaert, Stefan ^a   Casteels, Ingele ^a   de Cock, Paul ^a   Lagae, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; OBJECT RECOGNITION DEFICIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 83755206863     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04147.x     Document Type: Article

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