The very early autism phenotype

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Yirmiya, Nurit ^a   Ozonoff, Sally ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Autism Phenotype

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SLEEP DISORDER; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 33846653260     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0329-1     Document Type: Editorial

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