Are phonological processing deficits part of the broad autism phenotype?

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 128 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-60

  Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a,b   Maybery, Murray ^b   Wong, Dana ^b   Maley, Alana ^b   Hill, Wayne ^b   Hallmayer, Joachim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Broad phenotype; Family; Phonological processing; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 3042769493     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30039     Document Type: Article

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