A Follow-Up Study of Infantile Autism in Hong Kong.

Chung, S. Y.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ413189

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257

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A Follow-Up Study of Infantile Autism in Hong Kong.

Chung, S. Y.; And Others

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v20 n2 p221-32 Jun 1990

The demographic, family, medical, and psychiatric characteristics of 87 autistic children, age 3-16, in Hong Kong are described. Follow up of 66 children found the sample to be similar to samples in other countries in sex ratio, intelligence, language ability, behavioral characteristics, and outcome. The Hong Kong sample was dissimilar in other characteristics. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Autism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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