Longitudinal study of symptom severity and language in minimally verbal children with autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-104

  Thurm, Audrey ^a   Manwaring, Stacy S ^b   Swineford, Lauren ^a   Farmer, Cristan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; autism spectrum disorders; Language; minimally verbal; preschool children

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84919842084     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12285     Document Type: Article

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