A new screening programme for autism in a general population of Swedish toddlers

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1200-1210

  Nygren, Gudrun ^a,c   Sandberg, Eva ^b   Gillstedt, Fredrik ^a,c   Ekeroth, Gunnar ^a   Arvidsson, Thomas ^c   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c The Central Child Health Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Diagnosis; Early symptoms; JA OBS; Joint attention; M CHAT; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; JOINT ATTENTION OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIGRATION; MODIFIED CHECKLIST FOR AUTISM IN CHILDREN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84858734595     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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