Autism: Research into causes and intervention

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger Syndrome; Autism; Cognitive theories; Genetics

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 7Q; COGNITION; EMOTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LANGUAGE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2342605460     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490310001654790     Document Type: Review

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