Two recent magnetic resonance imaging studies, including a retrospective analysis of apparently 'contradictory' data from other investigators, appear to confirm earlier reports of vermal hypoplasia in autism. However, a review of the methodology used in these two studies suggests that definitive conclusions concerning cerebellar vermal pathology in autism are still premature.
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Pauline A. Filipek (1995) studied this question.