Autism spectrum disorder in Down syndrome: Cluster analysis of Aberrant Behaviour Checklist data supports diagnosis

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1064-1077

  Ji, N Y ^a,b   Capone, G T ^a,b   Kaufmann, W E ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant Behaviour Checklist; Autism spectrum disorder; Cluster analysis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Down syndrome; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ABERRANT BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054888162     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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