Stability and change of IQ scores in preschool children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-410

  Dietz, Claudine ^a   Swinkels, Sophie H N ^b,c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b,c   Van Daalen, Emma ^a   Van Engeland, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Intellectual development; IQ; Preschool period

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548142535     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0614-3     Document Type: Article

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