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Facultad de Medicina
Advisor
Eduardo Romero Castro M.Sc, Ph.D
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
Colombia
Colombia has not official ASD
statistics.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
I The ASD diagnosis remains strictly clinical.
Diagnosis
I The ASD diagnosis remains strictly clinical.
I The diagnosis is made using neuropsychological tests and
structured interviews with the parenthood.
however...
however...
The ASD brains increase in size during first years. Specially in:
The ASD brains increase in size during first years. Specially in:
I Basal Ganglia
The ASD brains increase in size during first years. Specially in:
I Basal Ganglia
I Cerebral Cortex.
The ASD brains increase in size during first years. Specially in:
I Basal Ganglia
I Cerebral Cortex.
I Corpus Callosum
The ASD brains increase in size during first years. Specially in:
I Basal Ganglia
I Cerebral Cortex.
I Corpus Callosum
I Amygdala
The ASD brains increase in size during first years. Specially in:
I Basal Ganglia
I Cerebral Cortex.
I Corpus Callosum
I Amygdala
I Cerebellum
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
Main Objetive
To quantify brain changes and associate them with ASD
anatomopathological alterations.
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work
General Concepts
What are the Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Current Work