The development of young siblings of children with autism from 4 to 54 months

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-183

  Gamliel, Ifat ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^a   Sigman, Marian ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive skills; Early phenotype; Language skills; Siblings

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33846661784     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0341-5     Document Type: Article

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