Pre-school children with suspected autism spectrum disorders: Do girls and boys have the same profiles?

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 413-422

  Andersson, Gunilla Westman ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a   Miniscalco, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Gender; Language; Pre school

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 84866544787     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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