Autism and head circumference in the first year of life.
Biol Psychiatry
; 56(11): 892-4, 2004 Dec 01.
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| ID: mdl-15576067
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
It has been reported that children with autism and pervasive developmental disorder have a significantly smaller head circumference at birth and that their head circumference then increases disproportionately rapidly in the first year of life.METHODS:
We attempted to replicate these findings using 15 narrowly defined autistic children from the National Collaborative Perinatal Project and approximately 40,000 nonautistic control subjects.RESULTS:
The autistic group had a slightly but not significantly larger head circumference at birth. At 4 months, the head circumference in the autistic group was not significantly larger than that of control subjects, but body weight and length were significantly larger in the autistic group.CONCLUSIONS:
We believe this is the first report of significant general body growth in autistic children in infancy; the larger head circumference may be part of this excessive general growth.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno Autístico
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Cabeza
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Psychiatry
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos