Follow-up of children with autism spectrum disorders from age 2 to age 9

Autism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-265

  Turner, Lauren M ^a,b   Stone, Wendy L ^a   Pozdol, Stacie L ^a   Coonrod, Elaine E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnosis; Early identification; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE;

EID: 33646238970     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR05130     Document Type: Article

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