Children on the borderlands of autism: Differential characteristics in social, imaginative, communicative and repetitive behaviour domains

Autism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-87

  Barrett, Suzanne ^a   Prior, Margot ^a   Manjiviona, Janine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnostic discrimination; Language disorders

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1242308470     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361304040640     Document Type: Review

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