Comorbid Social Anxiety Disorder in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3949-3960

  Maddox, Brenna B ^a,b   White, Susan W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Assessment; Autism spectrum disorder; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84947863850     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2531-5     Document Type: Article

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