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Autistic Disorder - Complications
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Definition of 'Autistic Disorder'A disorder beginning in childhood. It is marked by the presence of markedly abnormal or impaired development in social interaction and communication and a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interest. Manifestations of the disorder vary greatly depending on the developmental level and chronological age of the individual. (DSM-IV) Common names: Autistic Disorder; Disorder, Autistic; Disorders, Autistic; Autism, Early Infantile; Early Infantile Autism; Infantile Autism, Early; Kanner's Syndrome; Kanner Syndrome; Kanners Syndrome; Syndrome, Kanner's; Autism; Autisms; Autism, Infantile; Infantile Autism |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Behavior predictors of language development over 2 years in children with autism spectrum disorders.
29 Sep 2009 
PURPOSE: This exploratory study examined predictive relationships between 5 types of behaviors and the trajectories of vocabulary and language development in young children with autism over 2 years. METHOD: Participants were 69 children with autism ... Read more...
Treatment outcomes for severe feeding problems in children with autism spectrum disorder.
8 Sep 2009 There is abundant research to support that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit challenging feeding behaviors. Despite increase in empirical evidence supporting the role of behavior analysis in treating severe feeding problems, ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 Children with autism often have difficulty performing skilled movements. Praxis performance requires basic motor skill, knowledge of representations of the movement (mediated by parietal regions), and transcoding of these representations into ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Autistic Disorder - Complications'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Behavior predictors of language development over 2 years in children with autism spectrum disorders. 29 Sep 2009
- Treatment outcomes for severe feeding problems in children with autism spectrum disorder. 8 Sep 2009
- A non-responsive chronic autoimmune urticaria in a 12-year-old autistic girl treated with cyclosporin.
8 Sep 2009 - Associations of postural knowledge and basic motor skill with dyspraxia in autism: implication for abnormalities in distributed connectivity and motor learning. 30 Aug 2009
- A novel missense mutation (Leu46Val) of PAX6 found in an autistic patient. 12 Jul 2009
- Representation of internal models of action in the autistic brain. 3 Jul 2009
- The school nurse's role in treatment of the student with autism spectrum disorders. 29 Jun 2009
- [Gastrointestinal abnormalities in children with autism] 29 Jun 2009
- Autism and hypoplastic corpus callosum in a case of monocentric marker chromosome 15. 29 Jun 2009
- Motor stereotypies. 30 May 2009
- Searching for acceptance: challenges encountered while raising a child with autism. 30 May 2009
- Enrichment, stress, and growth from parenting an individual with an autism spectrum disorder. 30 May 2009
- Effects of child characteristics on the outcomes of a parent support program. 30 May 2009
- National patterns in the outpatient pharmacological management of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. 30 May 2009
- Autism spectrum disorder in fragile X syndrome: a longitudinal evaluation. 30 May 2009
- Melatonin in treatment of chronic sleep disorders in adults with autism: a retrospective study.
14 May 2009 - The neural substrates of cognitive control deficits in autism spectrum disorders. 2 May 2009
- MRI elucidates unusual cranial mass. 29 Apr 2009
- Defining spoken language benchmarks and selecting measures of expressive language development for young children with autism spectrum disorders. 18 Apr 2009
- Motor-auditory-visual integration: The role of the human mirror neuron system in communication and communication disorders. 15 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Autistic Disorder'
Definition: A disorder beginning in childhood. It is marked by the presence of markedly abnormal or impaired development in social interaction and communication and a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interest. Manifestations of the disorder vary greatly depending on the developmental level and chronological age of the individual. (DSM-IV)
Descriptor UI: D001321
Alternative terms: Autistic Disorder; Disorder, Autistic; Disorders, Autistic; Autism, Early Infantile; Early Infantile Autism; Infantile Autism, Early; Kanner's Syndrome; Kanner Syndrome; Kanners Syndrome; Syndrome, Kanner's; Autism; Autisms; Autism, Infantile; Infantile Autism;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F03.550.325.125;
Online Note: use AUTISM, INFANTILE to search AUTISM, EARLY INFANTILE 1971-80; use SCHIZOPHRENIA, CHILDHOOD 1968-70
History Note: 1981(1966)