Absolute Pitch in a Four-Year-Old Boy With Autism

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-138

  Brenton, James N ^a   Devries, Seth P ^a   Barton, Christine ^a   Minnich, Heike ^a   Sokol, Deborah K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PITCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 47049094713     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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