Macrocephaly in children and adults with autism

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 282-290

  Lainhart, Janet E ^a,c   Piven, Joseph ^b   Wzorek, Maryann ^d   Landa, Rebecca ^d   Santangelo, Susan L ^d   Coon, Hilary ^a   Folstein, Susan E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

autism; head circumference; macrocephaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031014011     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199702000-00019     Document Type: Article

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