Autism and other psychiatric comorbidity in neurofibromatosis type 1: Evidence from a population-based study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Garg, Shruti ^a   Lehtonen, Annukka ^b   Huson, Susan M ^b   Emsley, Richard ^a   Trump, Dorothy ^b   Evans, D Gareth ^b   Green, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONNER PARENT RATING SCALE REVISED; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84872586906     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12043     Document Type: Article

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