Autism prevalence in China is comparable to Western prevalence

Abstract Background Autism prevalence in the West is approximately 1% of school age children. Autism prevalence in China has been reported to be lower than in the West. This is likely due to at least two reasons: (1) most studies in China only included the special school population, overlooking the...

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Main Authors: Xiang Sun, Carrie Allison, Liping Wei, Fiona E. Matthews, Bonnie Auyeung, Yu Yu Wu, Sian Griffiths, Jie Zhang, Simon Baron-Cohen, Carol Brayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Molecular Autism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-018-0246-0