Categorical diagnosis: A fatal flaw for autism research?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 683-686

  London, Eric B ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disorder; Diagnosis; Psychiatric nosology; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84919617811     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.10.003     Document Type: Note

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