Autism and Möbius sequence: an exploratory study of children in northeastern Brazil

The psychiatric examination was performed with diagnostic instruments for autism (DSM-IV and Childhood Autism Rating Scale-CARS) in 23 children with Möbius sequence. From the 23 patients studied with Möbius sequence, five (26.1%) met the diagnostic criteria for infantile autism according DSM-IV and...

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Main Authors: José Marcelino Bandim, Liana O. Ventura, Marilyn T. Miller, Henderson C. Almeida, Ana Elizabeth Santos Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000200004&tlng=en