Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 101-107 , 28 February 2010

Cingulate gyrus morphology in children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

  • Olivia A. Bjorkquist

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Teratology, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Susanna L. Fryer

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Teratology, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
    • San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 6363 Alvarado Court Suite 209, San Diego, CA 92120, USA. Tel.: +1 650 814 4153; fax: +1 619 594 1895.
    • ,
  • Allan L. Reiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Sarah N. Mattson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Teratology, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Edward P. Riley

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Teratology, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Received 5 August 2008 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 101-107 , 28 February 2010

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