Autism in community pre-schoolers: Developmental profiles

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2900-2908

  Kantzer, Anne Katrin ^a,b   Fernell, Elisabeth ^a,c   Gillberg, Christopher ^a   Miniscalco, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NU Hospital Organization   (Sweden)

^c SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Cognitive function; Comorbidity; Developmental disorder; ESSENCE; Preschool community study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDREN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOCIALIZATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECHAND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; WALKING;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COGNITIVE FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ESSENCE; PRESCHOOL COMMUNITY STUDY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880255865     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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