Advancing early detection of autism spectrum disorder by applying an integrated two-stage screening approach

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-258

  Oosterling, Iris J ^a   Wensing, Michel ^b   Swinkels, Sophie H ^a   Van Der Gaag, Rutger Jan ^a,b   Visser, Janne C ^a   Woudenberg, Tim ^a   Minderaa, Ruud ^c   Steenhuis, Mark Peter ^c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Early detection; ESAT; Guidelines; Implementation; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76049110738     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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