Autism

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Folstein, Susan E ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

EID: 0032755581     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269974168     Document Type: Editorial

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