Brief report: An evaluation of the AQ-10 as a brief screening instrument for asd in adults

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2997-3000

  Booth, Tom ^a   Murray, Aja Louise ^a   McKenzie, Karen ^a   Kuenssberg, Renate ^b   O'Donnell, Michael ^a   Burnett, Hollie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AQ; ASD; Autism; ROC analysis; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT 10 QUESTIONNAIRE; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT 50; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT S; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888018396     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1844-5     Document Type: Article

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