Head size and autism

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9414, 2004, Pages 1003-1004

  Wallace, Gregory L ^a   Treffert, Darold A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 1642634958     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15877-7     Document Type: Note

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