Outcome and prognostic factors in
infantile autism and similar conditions.
about two-thirds of youngsters with the most common form of
infantile autism actually have a treatable, genetically linked, early-onset form of severe depression.
Bobbie's nine-year-old daughter, Allana, has
infantile autism, the most severe form of this developmental brain disorder.
Gillberg C, Steffenburg S: Outcome and prognostic factors in
infantile autism and similar conditions: A population-based study of 46 cases followed through puberty.
As director of the Orthogenic School, the home for emotionally troubled children at the University of Chicago, and as the author of books like ``Love Is Not Enough'' and ``Truants From Life,'' he had secured his reputation as an expert on child psychology in general and on the condition known as
infantile autism in particular.
Other chapters are devoted to the following conditions and treatment and other problems associated with them: cerebral palsy, mental retardation,
infantile autism, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders/hyperactivity, communication disorders, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Characteristics of
infantile autism in five children with Leber's congenital amaurosis.
92) between the prevalence of
infantile autism in one-year birth cohorts and the number of children hospitalized for pneumonia and bronchiolitis during their birth year.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
infantile autism and elevated blood-lead: a possible relationship.
In Kanner's view,
infantile autism was distinctly different from mental retardation, other disorders and childhood schizophrenia.
Between 1995 and 2001, 260 patients with a mean age of 9 years who met strict diagnostic criteria for
infantile autism or Asperger's syndrome underwent a clinical exam and head measurement; 62% had an MRI.
