Matching Procedures in Autism Research: Evidence from Meta-Analytic Studies

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Shaked, Michal ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Broad phenotype; Cognition; Parents; Psychiatric status; Siblings; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUTISM; BIRTH ORDER; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTROL GROUPS; HUMANS; PARENTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 1842680804     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JADD.0000018072.42845.83     Document Type: Review

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