Movement disorders in a twins pair: A casual expression or genetic determination?

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 692-697

  Gennaro, Leonarda ^a   Russo, Luigi ^a   Losito, Luciana ^a   Zaccaria, Alessia ^a   De Rinaldis, Marta ^a   Trabacca, Antonio ^a  

^a La Nostra Famiglia Association   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Heritability; Mental retardation; Movement disorders; Stereotypy; Twin method

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INHERITANCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; REST; SENSORY STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77950669890     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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