Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 215-219 , 30 June 2009

A dual DTI approach to analyzing white matter in children with dyslexia

  • John C. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition & Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Diane C. Lanham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Laurie E. Cutting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • School of Education, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, United States
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  • Amy M. Clements-Stephens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Xuejing Chen

      Affiliations

    • Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition & Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Muhamed Hadzipasic

      Affiliations

    • Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition & Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Joon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition & Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Martha B. Denckla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Walter E. Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition & Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Departments of Pathology and Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition & Behavior, 3901 Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211, United States. Tel.: +1 443 923 2789; fax: +1 443 923 7696.

Received 28 December 2007 ,Revised 9 September 2008 ,Accepted 9 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.09.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 215-219 , 30 June 2009

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