Female Autism Phenotypes Investigated at Different Levels of Language and Developmental Abilities

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3537-3549

  Howe, Yamini J ^a,b   O’Rourke, Julia A ^b   Yatchmink, Yvette ^a   Viscidi, Emma W ^c,e   Jones, Richard N ^a   Morrow, Eric M ^a,c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; FLUENT SPEECH; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPEECH; SYMPTOM; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SKILLS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84944516730     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2501-y     Document Type: Article

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