Sensitivity and specificity: DSM-IV versus DSM-5 criteria for autism spectrum disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1009-1011

  Tsai, Luke Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; DSM-5; DSM-IV; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867095490     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12070922     Document Type: Editorial

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