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Region-specific alterations in brain development in one- to three-year-old boys with fragile X syndrome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 May 2010
Hoeft Fumiko, Carter John C, Lightbody Amy A, Cody Hazlett Heather, Piven Joseph, Reiss Allan L
Abstract excerpt
Longitudinal neuroimaging investigation of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and autism, provides an opportunity to study the influence of a specific genetic factor on neurodevelopment in the living human brain. We examined voxel-wise gray and white matter volumes (GMV, WMV) over a 2-year period in 1- to 3-year-old boys with FXS (n = 41) and compared these...
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