Relative clinical utility of three Child Symptom Inventory-4 scoring algorithms for differentiating children with autism spectrum disorder vs. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 312-321

  DeVincent, Carla J ^a   Gadow, Kenneth D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Child Symptom Inventory 4; PDD NOS; Pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; THREE CHILD SYMPTOM INVENTORY 4;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 74249092975     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.106     Document Type: Article

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