Head circumference measurements in children with autism

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 389-393

  Davidovitch, Michael ^a   Patterson, Bonnie ^a   Gartside, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029809105     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100509     Document Type: Article

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