Differences in white matter fiber tract development present from 6 to 24 months in infants with autism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 589-600

  Wolff, Jason J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Gu, Hongbin ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Gerig, Guido ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Elison, Jed T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Styner, Martin ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Gouttard, Sylvain ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Botteron, Kelly N ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Dager, Stephen R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Dawson, Geraldine ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Estes, Annette M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Evans, Alan C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Hazlett, Heather C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Kostopoulos, Penelope ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   McKinstry, Robert C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Paterson, Sarah J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Schultz, Robert T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Piven, Joseph ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e Autism Speaks Inc   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER FIBER TRACT;

EID: 84861660149     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11091447     Document Type: Article

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