Ataxia, autism, and the cerebellum: A clinical study of 32 individuals with congenital ataxia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-198

  Åhsgren, Ingegerd ^a,b   Baldwin, Ingela ^a,b   Goetzinger Falk, Christina ^a,b   Erikson, Anders ^c   Flodmark, Olof ^d   Gillberg, Christopher ^e  

^a Dept of Child/Adol Neurol/Habil ^*  (Sweden)

^b SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAPLEGIA; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14044279875     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000356     Document Type: Article

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