Temporal lobe connects regression and macrocephaly to autism spectrum disorders
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Temporal lobe, autism, and macrocephaly.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Because of increased prevalence of macrocephaly in autism, head size must be controlled for in studies that examine volumetric findings of the temporal lobe in autistic subjects. We prospectively examined temporal lobe structures in individuals with autism who were normocephalic or macrocephalic (head circumference > 97th percentile) and in control subjects who were normo...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1018-8827,1435-165X
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0746-9