Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments

Autism

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1010-1017

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; China; diagnosis; validation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84944039674     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361314556785     Document Type: Article

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