Parental interest in a genetic risk assessment test for autism spectrum disorders

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-146

  Narcisa, Vivien ^a   Discenza, Marie ^b   Vaccari, Erica ^b   Rosen Sheidley, Beth ^c   Hardan, Antonio Y ^d   Couchon, Elizabeth ^e  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Medical Sciences Liaison   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; autism spectrum disorders; genetics; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873329196     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812466583     Document Type: Article

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