Compared to what? Early brain overgrowth in autism and the perils of population norms

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 563-575

  Raznahan, Armin ^a   Wallace, Gregory L ^a   Antezana, Ligia ^a   Greenstein, Dede ^a   Lenroot, Rhoshel ^b   Thurm, Audrey ^a   Gozzi, Marta ^a   Spence, Sarah ^c   Martin, Alex ^a   Swedo, Susan E ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism bias CDC head circumference systematic review WHO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY SIZE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY BRAIN OVERGROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AUTISM; BIAS; CDC; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHO;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION;

EID: 84884671852     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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