Pervasive Developmental Disorder
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13. A visão materna sobre os transtornos invasivos do desenvolvimento e seu processo diagnóstico
Pervasive Developmental Disorders constitute a group of diseases characterized by changes that occurred at early ages and which are evident in communication, behavior and interpersonal relationship development. These changes are generically denominated as autistic characteristics. Diagnosis is basically clinical, that is, it is achieved though observation of
Publicado em: 2004
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14. Autistic-like findings associated with a urea cycle disorder in a 4-year-old girl
A 4-year-old girl presented at our clinic with autistic-like symptoms, aggressivity and occasional hyperactivity. She had no history of neurologic or physical symptoms. Her condition was diagnosed as pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition
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15. A Genomewide Screen for Autism Susceptibility Loci
We report the analysis of 335 microsatellite markers genotyped in 110 multiplex families with autism. All families include at least two “affected” siblings, at least one of whom has autism; the remaining affected sibs carry diagnoses of either Asperger syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder. Affected sib-pair analysis yielded multipoint maximum LOD
The American Society of Human Genetics.
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16. On the Twin Risk in Autism
Autism is considered by many to be the most strongly genetically influenced multifactorial childhood psychiatric disorder. In the absence of any known gene or genes, the main support for this is derived from family and twin studies. Two recent studies (Greenberg et al. 2001; Betancur et al. 2002) suggested that the twinning process itself is an important ris
The American Society of Human Genetics.