Clinical and laboratory data in a sample of Greek children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1470-1476

  Ververi, Athina ^a   Vargiami, Efthymia ^a   Papadopoulou, Vassiliki ^b   Tryfonas, Dimitrios ^a   Zafeiriou, Dimitrios I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autism; Epilepsy; Genetic syndromes; Macrocephaly; Metabolic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GREECE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863874653     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1414-7     Document Type: Article

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