Autistic-spectrum disorders in down syndrome: Further delineation and distinction from other behavioral abnormalities
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Autistic-spectrum disorders in Down syndrome: further delineation and distinction from other behavioral abnormalities.
The present study extends our previous work characterizing the behavioral features of autistic-spectrum disorder (ASD) in Down syndrome (DS) using the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) and Autism Behavior Checklist (AutBehav). We examined which specific behaviors distinguished the behavioral phenotype of DS + ASD from other aberrant behavior disorders in DS, by determining the relative contribu...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1552-4841,1552-485X
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30407