The NeuroDevNet Autism Spectrum Disorders Demonstration Project

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-48

  Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a   Scherer, Stephen ^b   Szatmari, Peter ^c   Fombonne, Eric ^d   Bryson, Susan E ^e   Hyde, Krista ^f   Anognostou, Evdokia ^g   Brian, Jessica ^g   Evans, Alan ^f   Hall, Geoff ^c   Nicholas, David ^h   Roberts, Wendy ^g   Smith, Isabel ^e   Vaillancourt, Tracy ^e   Volden, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g University of Toronto   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79955978066     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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