Sex differences in Arab children with Autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1343-1350

  Amr, Mostafa ^a,d,e   Raddad, Dahoud ^a   El Mehesh, Fatima ^b   Mahmoud, El Hassanin ^c   El Gilany, Abdel Hady ^c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Psychiatric Hospital in Al Ahsa   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Community Medicine   (Egypt)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e King Faisal University ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Autistic symptoms; Behavior problems; Children; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JORDAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79958057471     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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