When diagnosis hampers research.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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7. The importance of low IQ to early diagnosis of autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023
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8. Exploring cognitive, behavioral and autistic trait network topology in very preterm and term-born children.Frontiers in psychology · 2023
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9. Investigating the borders of autism spectrum disorder: lessons from the former diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023
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10. Using developmental regression to reorganize the clinical importance of autistic atypicalities.Translational psychiatry · 2022
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11. Re: Older Age Autism Research: A Rapidly Growing Field, but Still a Long Way to Go by Mason et al.; DOI: 10.1089/aut.2021.0041 (Autism in adulthood · 2022
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12. Transdiagnostic research and the neurodiversity paradigm: commentary on the transdiagnostic revolution in neurodevelopmental disorders by Astle et al.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022
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13. A bibliometrics analysis and visualization of autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022
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14. Childhood diagnoses in individuals identified as autistics in adulthood.Molecular autism · 2021
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15. Challenges Surrounding the Diagnosis of Autism in Children.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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