Journal article
Specifying PDD-NOS: a comparison of PDD-NOS, Asperger syndrome, and autism.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical characteristics of children given a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) by expert clinicians and to compare these to the clinical characteristics of children given a diagnosis of autism and Asperger syndrome (AS). METHOD: Two hundred sixteen children with autism, 33 with AS, and 21 with PDD-NOS were compared on measures of level of functioning (communication, daily …
Authors
Walker DR; Thompson A; Zwaigenbaum L; Goldberg J; Bryson SE; Mahoney WJ; Strawbridge CP; Szatmari P
Journal
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 172–180
Publication Date
February 2004
DOI
10.1097/00004583-200402000-00012
ISSN
0890-8567