Could head circumference be used to screen for autism in young males with developmental delay?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Gray, Kylie M ^a   Taffe, John ^a   Sweeney, Deborah J ^a   Forster, Sheridan ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autism; developmental delay; head circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84859569456     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02238.x     Document Type: Article

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