Autism and associated medical disorders in a French epidemiological survey

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1561-1569

  Fombonne, Eric ^a,c   Du Mazaubrun, Christiane ^a   Cans, Christine ^b   Grandjean, Hélène ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Registre Handicaps l'Enfant/OP   (France)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Medical disorder; Prevalence; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0030807941     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199711000-00019     Document Type: Article

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