EEG abnormalities are not associated with symptom severity in childhood autism

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-234

  Hrdlička, Michal ^a   Komárek, Vladimír ^a   Faladová, Ludvika ^a   Zumrová, Alena ^a   Beranová, Irena ^a   Dudová, Iva ^a   Blatný, Marek ^b   Urbánek, Tomáš ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Childhood autism; EEG; Pervasive developmental disorders; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844234093     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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