Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , 30 October 2009

Corpus callosum volume in children with autism

  • Antonio Y. Hardan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Tel.: +1 650 723 5511; fax: +1 650 724 7389.
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  • Melissa Pabalan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Nidhi Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Rahul Bansal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Nadine M. Melhem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Serguei Fedorov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Matcheri S. Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel and Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Nancy J. Minshew

      Affiliations

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

Received 14 April 2008 ,Revised 22 November 2008 ,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.03.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , 30 October 2009

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