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Autore |
Coleman Mary <1928-> |
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Titolo |
The autisms / / Mary Coleman, Christopher Gillberg |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-999629-6 |
0-19-932303-8 |
1-283-42786-9 |
9786613427861 |
0-19-990948-2 |
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Edizione |
[4th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (402 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GillbergChristopher <1950-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Autism in children |
Autism in children - Etiology |
Child development deviations - Physiological aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Rev. ed. of: Biology of the autistic syndromes / Christopher Gillberg, Mary Coleman. 3rd ed. 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Diagnosis of the autisms in infancy -- The clinical course of autism in childhood and adolescence -- Adults with autism -- Asperger syndrome -- Co-morbidities and symptom complexes -- Epidemiology is autism increasing? -- Timing when do diseases with autistic features begin? -- Neuroanatomy which parts of the brain are involved? -- Neuropsychology/cognitive psychology in the autisms -- Autism and epilepsy -- Biochemistry, immunology, endocrinology -- Clinical subgroups -- Neurogenomics : genes -- Neurogenomics: chromosomes -- Neurogenomics : mitochondrial disorders, environment, epigenetics -- Educational and behavioral interventions throughout the life span in autism -- Prevention, reversal autism, and medical therapies -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Autisms, written by Mary Coleman and Christopher Gillberg, demonstrates that autism, like mental retardation, is a clinical presentation of numerous different diseases, many with genomic underpinnings. In this ground-breaking work, the authors explain in great detail how to clinically diagnose infants, children, adolescents |
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and adults with autistic behavioral features and their psychiatric and neurological work-ups. This new edition contains several chapters on the associated problems of autism, such as intellectual disability, epilepsy, tics, eating disorders and sleep problems, as well a |
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