The Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire: Prevalence and Diagnostic Classification

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-143

  Sasson, Noah J ^a   Lam, Kristen S L ^b   Childress, Debra ^b   Parlier, Morgan ^b   Daniels, Julie L ^b,c   Piven, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Broad Autism Phenotype; Genetics; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BROAD AUTISM PHENOTYPE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASSESSMENT; AUTISM; BROAD AUTISM PHENOTYPE; GENETICS; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876813601     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1272     Document Type: Article

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