Sex Differences in Pervasive Developmental Disorders

This study of 199 individuals with autism, 74 with pervasive developmental disorder or autistic-like symptoms (PDD-NOS), and 215 with non-PDD developmental disorders found that the 3 groups differed in the various measures of severity of autism. Sex differences were primarily confined to intelligenc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 1993-12, Vol.23 (4), p.579-591
1. Verfasser: Volkmar, Fred R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study of 199 individuals with autism, 74 with pervasive developmental disorder or autistic-like symptoms (PDD-NOS), and 215 with non-PDD developmental disorders found that the 3 groups differed in the various measures of severity of autism. Sex differences were primarily confined to intelligence quotient and were not prominent in other metrics of severity of autism. (Author/JDD)
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/BF01046103