The causes of autism spectrum disorders

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7382, 2003, Pages 173-174

  Szatmari, Peter ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CEPHALOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FAMILY STUDY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TWINS;

EID: 0037464784     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.173     Document Type: Editorial

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