Why autism must be taken apart

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1788-1792

  Waterhouse, Lynn ^a,b   Gillberg, Christopher ^c  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre Gothenburg University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Brain dysfunction; DSM 5; Pathophysiology; RDoC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; DSM-5; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PURKINJE CELL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 84903698377     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-2030-5     Document Type: Article

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