Recent Research on the Etiologies of Autism

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Fisher, Eileen ^a   Van Dyke, Don C ^a   Sears, Lonnie ^b   Matze, Jane ^a   Lin Dyken, Deborah ^a   McBrien, Dianne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Etiology; Genetic defects; Neuroimaging; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033483561     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-199901000-00004     Document Type: Article

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