title: Obtaining consent affects the value of the Western Australian autism register.
authors.forename: Emma J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Glasson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wray
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015982:Bias; D002648:Child; D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology