Examining Phenotypical Heterogeneity and its Underlying Factors in Gesture Skills of Chinese Autistic Children: Clustering Analysis.
Purpose: The heterogeneity of autism is well documented, but few studies have studied the heterogeneity of gesture production ability in autistic children. The present study aimed to identify subgroups of autistic children who displayed heterogeneous gesture production abilities and explore the unde...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 54; no. 9; pp. 3504 - 3516 |
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Springer Nature
Sep2024
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