Cortical morphology in 6- to 10-year old children with autistic traits: A population-based neuroimaging study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 479-486

  Blanken, Laura M E ^a   Mous, Sabine E ^a   Ghassabian, Akhgar ^a   Muetzel, Ryan L ^a   Schoemaker, Nikita K ^a   El Marroun, Hanan ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   White, Tonya ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECUNEUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84928975068     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14040482     Document Type: Article

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