When children with autism become adults

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-80

  Volkmar, Fred R ^a   Wolf, Julie M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMORBIDITY; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84877708057     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20020     Document Type: Review

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