childhood disintegrative disorder

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childhood disintegrative disorder [¦chīld‚hu̇d dis′in·tə‚grād·iv dis‚ȯrd·ər]

(psychology)

A condition occurring in 3- and 4-year-old children that is characterized by unequivocally normal development in the first several years of life, followed by a marked developmental regression (a child who previously had been speaking in sentences becomes totally mute), and various autistic features develop. Also known as Heller's syndrome.

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No references found			It can also include Rett syndrome or even childhood disintegrative disorder. The Important Things You Must Know About in Child Development by Savant Consultants / Food/cooking/nutrition community The most commonly known PDD is autism, with the remaining identified as Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, Asperger syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. Injuries and individuals with disabilities by Waldman, H. Barry; Perlman, Steven P.; Chaudhry, Ramiz A. / The Exceptional Parent They include autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder--not otherwise specified, Rett Syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder and Asperger's Syndrome. Inclusion for students on the autism spectrum: a Vermont district ... by Godek, Joanne / School Administrator			child welfare child window Child's Christmas in Wales, A Child's law Child, C. D. Child, Charles M. Child, Charles Manning Child, Francis James Child, Julia Child, Lydia Maria Child, Sir John Child-Langmuir equation Child-Langmuir law Child-Langmuir-Schottky equation Childbirth Childe Harold Childe, V Gordon Childe, Vere Gordon Childebert I Childebert II Childeric I Childers Childers, Robert Erskine Childhood and Adolescent Hygiene childhood aphasia childhood disintegrative disorder Children Children's and Junior Encyclopedias Children's and Young People's Magazines children's book illustration Children's Cinema Children's Crusade Children's Day Children's Democratic Organizations Children's Diseases Children's Excursion Tour Station Children's Games Children's Home Children's Library in the USSR Children's Literature Children's Music Children's Shelter Children's Television Workshop Children's Theater children, delinquent childrenite Childress County Childress, Alice Childs, George William Chile Chile Basin			Childhood amnesia Childhood and Adolescent Hygiene Childhood and Youth Studies childhood aphasia childhood aphasia Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Childhood Arthritis Health Profile Childhood Asthma Task Force childhood asymmetric labium majus enlargement Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelinization Childhood Ataxia with Cerebral Hypomyelination Childhood autism Childhood autism Childhood autism Childhood Autism Rating Scale Childhood Autism Rating Scale-Tokyo Version Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment Childhood Brain Tumor Consortium Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation Childhood Cancer Ombudsman Program Childhood Cancer Organisation for Parents and Relatives Support Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Childhood development Childhood development Childhood Development Services, Inc. Childhood Disability Benefits/Beneficiaries childhood disintegrative disorder Childhood Education Reading and Disability Services Childhood Epilepsy with Occipital Paroxysms Childhood Granulomatous Periorificial Dermatitis Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index Childhood Health Associates of Salem Childhood Health Awareness Mentoring Program Childhood Hematology Oncology Associates childhood immunization Childhood Infectious Disease Mortality Rate Childhood Injury Prevention Coalition Childhood Lead Action Project Childhood Lead Exposure Assessment and Reduction Study Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Childhood Lead Poisoning Surveillance Program Childhood Leukemia Childhood Leukemia Childhood Leukemia Research and Assistance Fund Childhood Middle Ear Disease and Hearing Questionnaire childhood muscular dystrophy Childhood Music Education Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale childhood myxedema Childhood obeseity

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