Autism spectrum disorder in visually impaired young children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 885-

  Ek, Ulla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OPTIC NERVE; RISK FACTORS; SEPTO-OPTIC DYSPLASIA; VISION, LOW;

EID: 77956477923     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03673.x     Document Type: Note

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