Minor malformations and physical measurements in autism: Data from Nova Scotia

Teratology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 319-325

  Rodier, Patricia M ^a,d   Bryson, Susan E ^b   Welch, J Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CANADA; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EAR MALFORMATION; EPICANTHUS; EXTERNAL EAR; EYE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HAND PALM; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NOVA SCOTIA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030765761     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199705)55:5<319::AID-TERA4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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