Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 3 , Pages 236-243 , 15 April 2008

Technetium-99m HMPAO brain SPECT in autistic children and their families

  • Berna Degirmenci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, 35340, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 232 4124252; fax: +902324124269.
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  • Süha Miral

      Affiliations

    • Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Gamze Capa Kaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, 35340, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Leyla İyilikçi

      Affiliations

    • Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Anesthesiology, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Gulhan Arslan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, 35340, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Ayşen Baykara

      Affiliations

    • Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
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  • İsmail Evren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, 35340, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Hatice Durak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, 35340, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey

Received 30 March 2004 ,Revised 24 November 2004 ,Accepted 20 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2004.12.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 3 , Pages 236-243 , 15 April 2008

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