Screening for autism spectrum disorders in adult psychiatric out-patients: A preliminary report

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 428-434

  Nylander, Lena ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035000287     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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