Brief report: Autistic behaviors among children with fragile X or Rett syndrome: Implications for the classification of pervasive developmental disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-328

  Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a,b   Pulsifer, Margaret ^a   Fiumara, Agata ^c   Cocuzza, M ^c   Nigro, F ^c   Incorpora, G ^c   Barone, R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; RETT SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031871837     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026012703449     Document Type: Article

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