Rate of first recorded diagnosis of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders in United Kingdom general practice, 1988 to 2001

Liam Smeeth¹ , Claire Cook² , Professor Eric Fombonne³ , Lisa Heavey⁴ , Laura C Rodrigues² , Peter G Smith² and Andrew J Hall²

¹Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK

²Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK

³Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

⁴Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, UK

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BMC Medicine 2004, 2:39doi:10.1186/1741-7015-2-39


Published:	9 November 2004

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