Leber's congenital amaurosis: Is there an autistic component?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 503-507

  Fazzi, E ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Signorini, S ^a   Rossi, G ^a   Bianchi, P E ^a   Lanzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VISION;

EID: 34347391278     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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