Use of dysmorphology for subgroup classification on autism spectrum disorder in chinese children

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-18

  Wong, Virginia C N ^a   Fung, Cecilia K Y ^a   Wong, Polly T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Dysmorphology; Subgroup classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BOSSING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTELORISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DELAY; LEARNING DISORDER; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMINENT EAR; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TERATOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84891862457     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1846-3     Document Type: Article

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