Parent-mediated communication-focused treatment in children with autism (PACT): a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9732, 2010, Pages 2152-2160

  Green, Jonathan ^a,b   Charman, Tony ^c   McConachie, Helen ^d   Aldred, Catherine ^a,e   Slonims, Vicky ^f   Howlin, Pat ^g   Le Couteur, Ann ^d   Leadbitter, Kathy ^a   Hudry, Kristelle ^c   Byford, Sarah ^g   Barrett, Barbara ^g   Temple, Kathryn ^d   Macdonald, Wendy ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Stockport Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL AUTISM COMMUNICATION TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77953613410     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60587-9     Document Type: Article

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