Rett syndrome in adults with severe intellectual disability: Exploration of behavioral characteristics

European Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 460-465

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Dempsey, Timothy ^a   Wilkins, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Behavioral characteristics; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETT SYNDROME; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 51249124892     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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