The importance of autism research

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-222

  Thurm, Audrey ^a   Swedo, Susan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5;

ANIMAL MODEL; AUTISM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPULSION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNDING; GENE SEQUENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 84875790173     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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