Is motor dysfunction core to autism spectrum disorder?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 697-697

  Rinehart, Nicole ^a   Mcginley, Jennifer ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DYSGRAPHIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77955149740     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03631.x     Document Type: Note

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