Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 145-151 , 30 October 2006

Abnormal brain size effect on the thalamus in autism

  • Antonio Y. Hardan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. Tel.: +1 412 246 6797; fax: +1 412 235 5446.
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  • Ragy R. Girgis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Jason Adams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew R. Gilbert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Matcheri S. Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Nancy J. Minshew

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Received 4 August 2005 ,Revised 16 December 2005 ,Accepted 31 December 2005.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00004-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 145-151 , 30 October 2006

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