Brief report: The association of neurofibromatosis type 1 and autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-571

  Williams, P Gail ^a   Hersh, Joseph H ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BONE MALFORMATION; CATARACT; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032439375     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026012414193     Document Type: Article

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