Brief report: Validity of Finnish registry-based diagnoses of autism with the ADI-R

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1425-1428

  Lampi, K M ^a   Sourander, A ^a,b,c   Gissler, M ^d,e   Niemela S ^a   Rehnstrom K ^d   Pulkkinen, E ^f   Peltonen, L ^d,g,h   Von Wendt, L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^f Rehabilitation Centre of Vaalijala   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

ⁱ HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADI R; Autism; Registry based diagnoses; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FINLAND; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTYPY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955876110     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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