Dipping deeper into the reservoir of autistic spectrum disorder

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 619-621

  Caronna, Elizabeth B ^a   Halfon, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038354574     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.7.619     Document Type: Editorial

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