Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Characteristics and concordance of autism spectrum disorders among 277 twin pairs.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To examine patterns of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) inheritance and other features in twin pairs by zygosity, sex, and specific ASD diagnosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Internet-based autism registry for US residents. ... Read more...

Autism and aging: hardly out of the woods.

30 Aug 2009 Leo Kanner first described autism in 1943, but it took the America Psychiatric Association almost 40 years to recognize it officially in 1980. It is one of five diverse pervasive developmental disorders grouped under the diagnostic category of ... Read more...

Quality of life in parents of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: There is no study on the quality of life (QOL) of parents of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), although QOL is increasingly gaining more attention and the interactions between children and their parents are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Child Development Disorders, Pervasive'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Characteristics and concordance of autism spectrum disorders among 277 twin pairs. 29 Sep 2009
• Autism and aging: hardly out of the woods. 30 Aug 2009
• Quality of life in parents of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong. 30 Jul 2009
• Autism and the courts. 29 Jun 2009
• Defining autism spectrum disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders and co-occurring anxiety symptoms: implications for assessment and treatment. 29 Jun 2009
• What nurses need to know about the "other ASD". 29 Jun 2009
• Apolipoprotein E genotype modifies the risk of behavior problems after infant cardiac surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• Social functioning difficulties in ADHD: association with PDD risk. 29 Jun 2009
• Gross motor performance and self-perceived motor competence in children with emotional, behavioural, and pervasive developmental disorders: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• Psychiatric and psychosocial problems in adults with normal-intelligence autism spectrum disorders. 8 Jun 2009
• Social and communication behaviours in infants and toddlers with autism and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified. 30 May 2009
• Stereotypies and repetitive/restrictive behaviours in infants with autism and pervasive developmental disorder. 30 May 2009
• Differentiation between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and pervasive developmental disorders with hyperactivity on objective activity levels using actigraphs. 30 May 2009
• Aripiprazole in pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified and Asperger's disorder: a 14-week, prospective, open-label study. 30 May 2009
• Epidemiology of pervasive developmental disorders. 30 May 2009
• Autism spectrum disorder in fragile X syndrome: a longitudinal evaluation. 30 May 2009
• Pervasive developmental disorders and psychosis. 30 May 2009
• HLA-DR4 as a risk allele for autism acting in mothers of probands possibly during pregnancy. 30 May 2009
• Lack of efficacy of citalopram in children with autism spectrum disorders and high levels of repetitive behavior: citalopram ineffective in children with autism. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Child Development Disorders, Pervasive'

Definition: Severe distortions in the development of many basic psychological functions that are not normal for any stage in development. These distortions are manifested in sustained social impairment, speech abnormalities, and peculiar motor movements.

Descriptor UI: D002659

Alternative terms: Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Pervasive Child Development Disorders; Pervasive Development Disorders; Development Disorder, Pervasive; Development Disorders, Pervasive; Disorder, Pervasive Development; Disorders, Pervasive Development; Pervasive Development Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: 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; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy;

Tree Number: F03.550.325;

History Note: 81

Technical Notes: "pervasive" is a psychiatric diag: follow text; check also tag CHILD or specific