Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-131

  Kamp Becker, Inge ^a   Schröder, Johanna ^a   Muehlan, Holger ^b   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a   Becker, Katja ^a   Bachmann, Christian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asperger's syndrome; Children; Health related quality of life; High functioning autism; ILK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVENTORY CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 79953181313     PISSN: 14224917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000098     Document Type: Article

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