Impact of adherence to best practice guidelines on the diagnostic and assessment services for autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1859-1866

  Hathorn, Claire ^a   Alateeqi, Nahed ^c,d   Graham, Catriona ^b   O'Hare, Anne ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Queen's Medical Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

ASD specific history; Autism spectrum disorder; Guidelines; Observational instruments; Paediatric medical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84906937326     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2057-2     Document Type: Article

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