Autism in toddlers: Can observation in preschool yield the same information as autism assessment in a specialised clinic?

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Westman Andersson, Gunilla ^a   Miniscalco, Carmela ^a   Johansson, Ulrika ^b   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ALGORITHM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNIVERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84874534200     PISSN: 1537744X     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/384745     Document Type: Article

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