Social facilitation of object-oriented hand use in a Rett syndrome variant girl: Implications for partial preservation of an hypothesized specialized cerebral network

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-122

  Umansky, Richard ^a,f   Watson, John S ^b   Hoffbuhr, Kristen ^c   Painter, Kathleen M ^d   Devaney, Joseph ^e   Hoffman, Eric ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e TRANSGENOMIC INC   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; MeCP2; Rett; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTIVATION; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RETT SYNDROME; SELF CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; TIME;

EID: 0034756354     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200104000-00006     Document Type: Article

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