Autism in Saudi Arabia: PresentatioN, Clinical Correlates and Comorbidity

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-347

  al Salehi, Saleh M ^a   al Hifthy, Elham H ^a   Ghaziuddin, Mohammad ^b  

^a King Fahd Medical City Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; comorbidity; pervasive developmental disorders; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE OF ONSET; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 67649470593     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461509105823     Document Type: Article

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