Toward specifying pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-131

  Mandy, William ^a   Charman, Tony ^b   Gilmour, Jane ^a   Skuse, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Autism spectrum disorder; Autistic disorder; Diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM); Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD NOS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COGNITION; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953759289     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.178     Document Type: Article

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