Autism in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome [1]

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-434

  Eliez, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 34247205819     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31802f5490     Document Type: Letter

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