Current status of research on childhood disintegrative disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 861-867

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Mahan, Sara ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood disintegrative disorder; Etiology; Life course; Skill loss; Symptom presentation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; THIORIDAZINE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 68749089716     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.01.006     Document Type: Review

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