Comparison Groups in Autism Family Research: Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, and Schizophrenia

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Abbeduto, Leonard ^a   Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden ^b   Greenberg, Jan ^a   Swe, April ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Down syndrome; Families; Fragile X; Matching; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONTROL GROUPS; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 1842630318     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JADD.0000018073.92982.64     Document Type: Review

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