Brief report: The relationship between discourse deficits and autism symptomatology

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 519-524

  Hale, Courtney M ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADOS; Autism; Communication; Discourse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 24044527114     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-5065-4     Document Type: Article

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