Characteristics of autism spectrum disorders in a sample of egyptian and saudi patients: Transcultural cross sectional study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hussein, Hanan ^a   Taha, Ghada R A ^a   Almanasef, Afrah ^b  

^a Saint Fatima Square Heliopolis   (Egypt)

^b Al Amal Complex for Mental Health   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Autism; Culture; Developmental delay; Illness behavior

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GILLIAM AUTISM RATING SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPEECH THERAPY; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIORAL SCALE;

EID: 80155201044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-5-34     Document Type: Article

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