Clinical utility of autism spectrum disorder scoring algorithms for the Child Symptom Inventory-4

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-427

  Gadow, Kenneth D ^a   Schwartz, Joseph ^a   DeVincent, Carla ^b   Strong, Greg ^a   Cuva, Simone ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Child Symptom Inventory 4; PDD NOS; Pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD SYMPTOM INVENTORY 4; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 40049103573     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0408-y     Document Type: Article

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