Head circumference and body growth in autism spectrum disorders

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 569-575

  Fukumoto, Aya ^a   Hashimoto, Toshiaki ^b   Mori, Kenji ^a   Tsuda, Yoshimi ^c   Arisawa, Kokichi ^a   Kagami, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^c NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Body growth; Head circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 79959817244     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 03877604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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