Screening for autism in preterm children: Diagnostic utility of the social communication questionnaire

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Johnson, Samantha ^a   Hollis, Chris ^b   Hennessy, Enid ^c   Kochhar, Puja ^b   Wolke, Dieter ^d   Marlow, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DEVELOPMENT AND WELL BEING ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRELAND; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78650808376     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.194795     Document Type: Article

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