title: A magnetic resonance imaging study of autism: normal fourth ventricle size and absence of pathology.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging did not diagnose neuropathology in 15 autistic patients. Measurements of the midsagittal area and volume of the fourth ventricle did not differ between these patients and matched control subjects.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Garber
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Ritvo
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Griswold
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashanian
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Oldendorf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male