Autism: Definition, Neurobiology, Screening, Diagnosis

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1129-1146

  Rapin, Isabelle ^a,b   Tuchman, Roberto F ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

^c MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain imaging; Connectivity; Electrophysiology; Epidemiology; Genetics; Immunology; Sensorimotor deficits; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERSEVERATION; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 52949138731     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2008.07.005     Document Type: Review

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