Overlap with the autism spectrum in young children with Williams syndrome

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-299

  Klein Tasman, Bonita P ^a   Phillips, Kristin D ^b   Lord, Catherine ^c   Mervis, Carolyn B ^d   Gallo, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADOS; Autism; Developmental disability; PDD NOS; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 69349098393     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181ad1f9a     Document Type: Article

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