A screening questionnaire for Asperger syndrome and other high- functioning autism spectrum disorders in school age children

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-141

  Ehlers, Stephan ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a   Wing, Lorna ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Ctr for Social and Commun Disord   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism spectrum disorders; Children; Screening questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033029585     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023040610384     Document Type: Article

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