Perceptual reasoning predicts handwriting impairments in adolescents with autism

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1825-1829

  Fuentes, Christina T ^a,b   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b   Bastian, Amy J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649986427     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181fd633d     Document Type: Article

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