Psychiatric Comorbidity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Comparison with Children with ADHD

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-376

  van Steensel, Francisca J A ^a   Bögels, Susan M ^a   de Bruin, Esther I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; ASD; Children; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875394390     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-012-9587-z     Document Type: Article

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