Mode of Genetic Inheritance Modifies the Association of Head Circumference and Autism-Related Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Davis, Jonathan M ^a   Keeney, Jonathon G ^a   Sikela, James M ^a   Hepburn, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84884250022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074940     Document Type: Article

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