The preserved speech variant: A subgroup of the Rett complex: A clinical report of 30 cases

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 519-526

  Zappella, Michele ^a,c   Gillberg, Christopher ^b   Ehlers, Stephan ^b  

^a Siena General Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Preserved speech; Rett complex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 0032406038     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026052128305     Document Type: Article

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