Diagnosing autism in neurobiological research studies

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-124

  Jones, Rebecca M ^a   Lord, Catherine ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADI R; ADOS; Autism; Diagnosis; Neurobiology; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; AUTISM BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW - REVIEW; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL ABILITY SCALES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DSM-IV; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GILLIAM AUTISM RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE REVISED; REVIEW; SENSORY EVALUATION; SOCIAL EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SYMPTOM; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADI-R; ADOS; AUTISM; DIAGNOSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84880333147     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.037     Document Type: Review

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