Focal cortical dysplasias in autism spectrum disorders

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a   El Baz, Ayman S ^b   Kamat, Shweta S ^a   Dombroski, Brynn A ^a   Khalifa, Fahmi ^b   Elnakib, Ahmed ^b   Soliman, Ahmed ^b   Allison McNutt, Anita ^a   Switala, Andrew E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; Cortical width; Frontal lobe; Malformations of cortical development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005917083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-1-67     Document Type: Article

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