The prevalence of Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome in children and adolescents with autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Mortimore, Catherine ^c   Moriarty, John ^c   Izaguirre, Jon ^a   Robertson, Mary ^c  

^a Children's Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Comorbidity; Pervasive developmental disorder; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0033023084     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003503     Document Type: Article

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