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.
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.
