title: Low field magnetic resonance imaging of the central nervous system in 15 children with autistic disorder.
abstract: Fifteen children, 10 boys and 5 girls, with autistic disorder, were studied with low field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The age ranged from 2.7-13.1 years, with a mean of 8.3 years. All patients but one (who refused) had a normal CT scan of the C.N.S. The MRI investigation was performed during anaesthesia with a low field magnetic resonance imager. The cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem were examined. No pathological changes were found in any of the patients studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, St. Göran's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ekman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Chateau
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Marions
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sellden
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Wahlund
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wetterberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male