Autism spectrum disorders in gender dysphoric children and adolescents

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 930-936

  De Vries, Annelou L C ^a   Noens, Ilse L J ^b   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^c   Van Berckelaer Onnes, Ina A ^d   Doreleijers, Theo A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Co occurrence; Gender identity disorder; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; COMPLICATION; GENDER IDENTITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77956063939     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0935-9     Document Type: Article

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