Brief report: Cognitive correlates of enlarged head circumference in children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-215

  Deutsch, Curtis K ^a   Joseph, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Head circumference; IQ; Macrocephaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037395969     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022903913547     Document Type: Article

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