Symmetry in infancy: Analysis of motor development in autism spectrum disorders

Symmetry

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-225

  Esposito, Gianluca ^a   Venuti, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Motor symmetry; Postural symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860379695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym1020215     Document Type: Article

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