Correlates of head circumference growth in infants later diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 700-713

  Mraz, Krista D ^a   Green, James ^a   Dumont Mathieu, Thyde ^a   Makin, Sarah ^a   Fein, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Head circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOM; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS;

EID: 34447132791     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807304005     Document Type: Article

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