Diagnosing autism

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Yates, Kirsty ^a,b   Le Couteur, Ann ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asperger syndrome; assessment; autism; autism spectrum disorder; diagnosis; pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MELATONIN; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSPRAXIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEEDING DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MACROCEPHALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; MUTISM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PHOBIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SLEEP DISORDER; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; SYNDROME CHARGE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

EID: 58149465616     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2008.10.010     Document Type: Review

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