Neurobiology of autism

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Rapin, Isabelle ^a   Katzman, Robert ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENDORPHIN; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031893613     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430106     Document Type: Review

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