Autism in preschoolers: Does individual clinician's first visit diagnosis agree with final comprehensive diagnosis?

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Westman Andersson, Gunilla ^a   Miniscalco, Carmela ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; PSYCHOMETRY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84884854007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/716267     Document Type: Article

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