Predictors of cognitive test patterns in autism families

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1117-1128

  Folstein, S E ^a,f   Santangelo, S L ^a   Gilman, S E ^a   Piven, J ^b   Landa, R ^c   Lainhart, J ^d   Hein, J ^a   Wzorek, M ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Cognition; Genetics; Intelligence; Language; Reading disorder; Spelling disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; READING; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSLEXIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE;

EID: 0344329866     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004461     Document Type: Article

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