Sex matters in autism and other developmental disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-362

  Thompson, Travis ^a   Caruso, Mary ^a   Ellerbeck, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disability; Neurochemistry; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEX HORMONE;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME DOMINANT DISORDER;

EID: 0348143236     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469004703074003     Document Type: Review

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