Social communication difficulties and autism spectrum disorder in young children with optic nerve hypoplasia and/or septo-optic dysplasia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 917-921

  Parr, Jeremy R ^a   Dale, Naomi J ^a   Shaffer, Lara M ^a   Salt, Alison T ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; SOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE AND OR REPETITIVE OR RESTRICTED BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTO-OPTIC DYSPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956474503     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03664.x     Document Type: Article

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