Pervasive developmental disorders and its subtypes: Sociodemographic and clinical profile

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Malhotra, Savita ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Gupta, Nitin ^a   Kumar, Parmod ^a   Gill, Sapna ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Autism; Clinical profile; Pervasive developmental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346039226     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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