Brief Report: Lack of Correlation between Age of Symptom Onset and Contemporaneous Presentation

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-245

  Tolbert, Lelland ^a,b   Brown, Rachel ^a   Fowler, Pearlie ^a   Parsons, Dee ^a,b  

^a Glenwood Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of symptom onset; Autism; Contemporaneous presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL BIAS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0035318245     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010763502253     Document Type: Article

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