Limited Fine Motor and Grasping Skills in 6-Month-Old Infants at High Risk for Autism

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2218-2231

  Libertus, Klaus ^a,b   Sheperd, Kelly A ^a,b   Ross, Samuel W ^a   Landa, Rebecca J ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; RISK;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK;

EID: 84912572609     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12262     Document Type: Article

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