Changing concepts and findings on autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1749-1757

  Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broader autism phenotype; Epilepsy; Fractionable autism triad; Genetic overlap; Phenotypic overlap among disorders; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84880304146     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1713-7     Document Type: Article

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