Brief report: Exploratory analysis of the ADOS revised algorithm: Specificity and predictive value with hispanic children referred for autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1166-1169

  Overton, Terry ^a   Fielding, Cheryl ^b   De Alba, Roman Garcia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c Brownsville ISD   (United States)

Author keywords

ADOS; Algorithm; Autism; Diagnostic specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTILINGUALISM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 49949152630     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0488-8     Document Type: Article

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