Pattern of impairments and late diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder among a sub-Saharan African clinical population of children in Nigeria
Background. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex group of neurodevelopmental disorders. Studies conducted among Africans living outside the continent indicate that African children are more likely than Caucasian children to have a late diagnosis of...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2017-01-01
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Series: | Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425116000303/type/journal_article |