Diagnostic tests for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in preschool children

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Volumn 2018, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Randall, Melinda ^a,b   Egberts, Kristine J ^b   Samtani, Aarti ^c   Scholten, Rob J P M ^d   Hooft, Lotty ^d   Livingstone, Nuala ^e   Sterling Levis, Katy ^f   Woolfenden, Susan ^c,g   Williams, Katrina ^a,b,h  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Editorial and Methods Department ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE GENERIC; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM CHILDHOOD AUTISM; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DEVELOPMENTAL DIMENSIONAL AND DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GILLIAM AUTISM RATING SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85042736831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009044.pub2     Document Type: Review

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