Autism: Not an extremely rare disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 399-406

  Gillberg, C ^a   Wing, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Ctr for Social Commun Disorders Elliot House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Prevalence; Review

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHRONOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032975478     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb00984.x     Document Type: Review

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