The neuroanatomy of the autistic phenotype

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 898-906

  Fahim, Cherine ^a,e,f   Meguid, Nagwa A ^b   Nashaat, Neveen H ^b   Yoon, Uicheul ^c,e,f   Mancini Marïe, Adham ^d   Evans, Alan C ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Fragile X syndrome; Gray matter; Neuroimaging; White matter; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBCORTEX; WHITE MATTER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84855282423     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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