Autism and specific language impairment: Categorical distinction or continuum?

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 213-234

  Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a   Fombonne, ^b   Frith, U ^b   Folstein, ^b   Rutter, ^b   Lord, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 1542681216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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