Growth of head circumference in autistic infants during the first year of life

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-418

  Fukumoto, Aya ^a   Hashimoto, Toshiaki ^a,b   Ito, Hiromichi ^a   Nishimura, Mio ^a,c   Tsuda, Yoshimi ^a,b   Miyazaki, Masahito ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a   Arisawa, Kokichi ^a   Kagami, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Hinomine Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

"Mother and baby" notebook; Autism; Body length; Body weight; Head circumference; Infant physical growth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 40049100612     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0405-1     Document Type: Article

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