Hand stereotypies distinguish Rett syndrome from autism disorder

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1060-1062

  Goldman, Sylvie ^a,b   Temudo, Teresa ^c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

^c Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hand stereotypies; Rett syndrome; autism; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND STEREOTYPY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTHING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; STEREOTYPY; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RETT SYNDROME; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84863993784     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25057     Document Type: Article

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