Brief report: Cross-cultural evidence for the heterogeneity of the restricted, repetitive behaviours and interests domain of autism: A Greek study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 558-561

  Papageorgiou, Vaya ^a   Georgiades, Stelios ^b   Mavreas, Venos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Cross cultural; Phenotype structure; Repetitive behaviours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 40049084448     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0409-x     Document Type: Article

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