Quantifying Dimensions in Autism: A Factor-Analytic Study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-474

  Szatmari, Peter ^a,d   Mérette, Chantal ^c   Bryson, Susan E ^b   Thivierge, Jacques ^c   Roy, Marc Andre ^c   Cayer, Mireille ^c   Maziade, Michel ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d HHS Chedoke Site   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Measurement; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0036546637     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200204000-00020     Document Type: Article

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