Autism and autism risk in siblings of children with specific language impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-250

  Tomblin, J Bruce ^a,b   Hafeman, Laura L ^a,c   O'Brien, Marlea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b 7 WJSCH ^*  (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Developmental psychopathology; Siblings; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; STANDARD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0037810516     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1368282031000086363     Document Type: Article

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