Exploring the Underdiagnosis and Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Conditions in Beijing

Autism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 250-260

  Sun, Xiang ^a,b,c   Allison, Carrie ^b,c   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Zhang, Zhixiang ^d   Auyeung, Bonnie ^b,c,e   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b,c   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; CAST; China; Diagnosis; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDARIN CHILDHOOD AUTISM SPECTRUM TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; UNDERDIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEIJING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84931573476     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1441     Document Type: Article

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