| Literature DB >> 10425586 |
S Vig1, E Jedrysek.
Abstract
This review addresses the issues and challenges related to the differential diagnosis of autism in preschool children with significant cognitive impairment. Issues affecting differential diagnosis include the use of traditional diagnostic guidelines for preschoolers with developmental delays, developmental changes in behavioral characteristics, the involvement of cognitive factors in symptom expression, and the overlap between autism and mental retardation in individuals with significant cognitive impairment. The usefulness of autistic features for differential diagnosis is explored in terms of the core deficits of autism.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10425586 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023084106559
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN: 0162-3257