Early generalized overgrowth in boys with autism

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1021-1031

  Chawarska, Katarzyna ^a   Campbell, Daniel ^a   Chen, Lisha ^b   Shic, Frederick ^a   Klin, Ami ^c   Chang, Joseph ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BAYES THEOREM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053538408     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.106     Document Type: Article

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