The power and promise of identifying autism early: Insights from the search for clinical and biological markers

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-147

  Pierce, Karen ^a   Glatt, Stephen J ^b   Liptak, Gregory S ^b   McIntyre, Laura Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Biomarkers; Brain overgrowth; Early identification; Gene expression; Screening

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AUTISM; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349914301     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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