A Review of Subtyping in Autism and Proposed Dimensional Classification Model

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 411-422

  Beglinger, Leigh J ^a,c   Smith, Tristram H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Subtyping; Symptom heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035430886     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010616719877     Document Type: Review

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