Toward brief "red flags" for autism screening: The short Autism Spectrum Quotient and the short Quantitative Checklist in 1,000 cases and 3,000 controls

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-212.e7

  Allison, Carrie ^a   Auyeung, Bonnie ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism spectrum conditions; questionnaires; red flags; referral; screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; SHORT QUANTITATIVE CHECKLIST; TODDLER; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84856007220     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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