Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders

The aims of this article are to provide an up-to-date review of the methodological features and substantive results of published epidemiological surveys of the prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). This article updates previous reviews (1, 2) with the inclusion of new studies made a...

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Autores principales: Fombonne, Eric, Quirke, Sara, Hagen, Arlene
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: McGill University 2009
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Focus Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21152334
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description The aims of this article are to provide an up-to-date review of the methodological features and substantive results of published epidemiological surveys of the prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). This article updates previous reviews (1, 2) with the inclusion of new studies made available since then. The specific questions addressed inthis article are: a) how are cases of PDD defined and identified in epidemiological surveys?; b) what are the best estimates for the prevalence of autism and related pervasive developmental disorders considering the methodological implications of the surveys, and c) what interpretation can be given to time trends observed in prevalence rates of PDDs given the hypothesized secular increase in PDDs?
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spelling pubmed-29972662010-12-08 Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders Fombonne, Eric Quirke, Sara Hagen, Arlene Mcgill J Med Focus Review The aims of this article are to provide an up-to-date review of the methodological features and substantive results of published epidemiological surveys of the prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). This article updates previous reviews (1, 2) with the inclusion of new studies made available since then. The specific questions addressed inthis article are: a) how are cases of PDD defined and identified in epidemiological surveys?; b) what are the best estimates for the prevalence of autism and related pervasive developmental disorders considering the methodological implications of the surveys, and c) what interpretation can be given to time trends observed in prevalence rates of PDDs given the hypothesized secular increase in PDDs? McGill University 2009-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2997266/ /pubmed/21152334 Text en Copyright © 2009 by MJM http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
title Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
title_full Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
title_fullStr Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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title_short Prevalence and Interpretation of Recent Trends in Rates of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21152334
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