Overlap between autism and specific language impairment: Comparison of autism diagnostic interview and autism diagnostic observation schedule scores

Autism Research

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 284-296

  Leyfer, Ovsanna T ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^b   Dowd, Michael ^c   Bruce Tomblin, J ^d   Folstein, Susan E ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism diagnostic interview Revised; Autism diagnostic observation schedule; Developmental disorders; Etiology; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 63449112654     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.43     Document Type: Article

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