Quantitative analysis of disfluency in children with autism spectrum disorder or language impairment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  MacFarlane, Heather ^a   Gorman, Kyle ^a,b   Ingham, Rosemary ^a   Hill, Alison Presmanes ^a,b   Papadakis, Katina ^a   Kiss, Géza ^a   Van Santen, Jan ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE;

EID: 85015289602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173936     Document Type: Article

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