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Brief Report: An Unusual Manifestation of Diagnostic Overshadowing of Pervasive Developmental Disorder--Not Otherwise Specified--A Five Year Longitudinal Case Study
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Meera, S. S.; Kaipa, Ramesh; Thomas, Jaslin; Shivashankar, N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Children with communication disorders present with a range of comorbid conditions. Occasionally one of the comorbid conditions manifests so strongly that the primary condition goes unnoticed by the clinician. This tendency to overlook comorbid health problems in the presence of a disability is referred to as diagnostic overshadowing. This is a…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Communication Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Disability Identification