Predictive value of morphological features in patients with autism versus normal controls

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-155

  Ozgen, H ^a,b   Hellemann, G S ^c   De Jonge, M V ^a,b   Beemer, F A ^a   Van Engeland, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Common variant; Endophenotype; Minor anomaly; Morphology; Predictive value; Recursive partitioning; ROC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84872334699     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1554-4     Document Type: Article

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