The onset of autism: Patterns of symptom emergence in the first years of life

Autism Research

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 320-328

  Ozonoff, Sally ^a   Heung, Kelly ^a   Byrd, Robert ^a   Hansen, Robin ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early identification; Infancy; Onset; Regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ONSET AGE;

AGE OF ONSET; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650143791     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.53     Document Type: Review

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