Autism spectrum disorders in adults with intellectual disability and comorbid psychopathology: Scale development and reliability of the ASD-CA

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-287

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Boisjoli, Jessica A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Comorbidity; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 42649128044     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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