Frequency and pattern of documented diagnostic features and the age of autism identification

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Maenner, Matthew J ^a   Schieve, Laura A ^b   Rice, Catherine E ^b   Cunniff, Christopher ^c   Giarelli, Ellen ^d   Kirby, Russell S ^e   Lee, Li Ching ^f   Nicholas, Joyce S ^g   Wingate, Martha S ^h   Durkin, Maureen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Diagnosis; Identification; Population based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DSM-IV-TR; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879489387     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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