Progress in the ncurobiology of autism

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 50-60

  Rapin, Isabelle ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DYSPRAXIA; EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0032462196     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900005691     Document Type: Article

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