Clinical features and diagnosis of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Hoffman, Ellen J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 74849084471     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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