CDC Kerala 11: Diagnosis of Autism Among Children Between 2 and 6 y - Comparison of CARS against DSM-IV-TR

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-128

  George, Babu ^a   Padmam, M S Razeena ^b   Nair, M K C ^a   Leena, M L ^a   Prasanna, G L ^a   Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Autism; CARS; Cut off points; DSM IV TR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922105264     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-014-1625-y     Document Type: Article

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