Autism traits in children and adolescents with Cornelia de Lange syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1400-1410

  Srivastava, Siddharth ^a   Landy Schmitt, Colleen ^b   Clark, Bennett ^c   Kline, Antonie D ^d   Specht, Matt ^c   Grados, Marco A ^c  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral phenotype; Communication; Cornelia de Lange syndrome; Repetitive behaviors; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ABERRANT BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LETHARGY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RIGIDITY; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPY; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS SCALES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RESTLESSNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DE LANGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LETHARGY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84899980840     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36573     Document Type: Article

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