Is autism spectrum disorder common in schizophrenia?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Unenge Hallerbäck, Maria ^a,b   Lugnegård, Tove ^a,b   Gillberg, Christopher ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; DISCO; Psychosis; SCID

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ELEVENTH VERSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867141700     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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