Cognitive and verbal abilities of 24- to 36-month-old siblings of children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-229

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Behavioral genetics; Cognitive abilities; Siblings; Verbal abilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847218678     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0163-5     Document Type: Article

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