| Title |
Validation of the diagnosis of autism in general practitioner records
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-4-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eric Fombonne, Lisa Heavey, Liam Smeeth, Laura C Rodrigues, Claire Cook, Peter G Smith, Linyan Meng, Andrew J Hall |
| Abstract |
We report on the validity of the computerized diagnoses of autism in a large case-control study investigating the possible association between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the UK using the General Practitioner Research Database (GPRD). We examined anonymized copies of all relevant available clinical reports, including general practitioners' (GP) notes, consultant, speech therapy and educational psychologists reports, on 318 subjects born between 1973 and 1997 with a diagnosis of autism or a related disorder recorded in their electronic general practice record. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 121 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 21% |
| Researcher | 27 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 11% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 20% |
| Unknown | 17 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 31% |
| Psychology | 17 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 21% |
| Unknown | 23 | 18% |
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#12,750
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