Current directions in research on autism

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-29

  Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a,b   Joseph, Robert ^a,b   Folstein, Susan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035106372     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2779(200102)7:1<21::AID-MRDD1004>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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