A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

The aims of the current study were to examine whether early growth abnormalities are (a) comparable in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other childhood psychiatric disorders, and (b) specific to the brain or generalized to the whole body. Head circumference, height, and weight were measured durin...

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Autores principales: Rommelse, Nanda N. J., Peters, Cindy T. R., Oosterling, Iris J., Visser, Janne C., Bons, Daniëlle, van Steijn, Daphne J., Draaisma, Jos, van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan, Buitelaar, Jan. K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2010
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20428954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1026-7
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Sumario:The aims of the current study were to examine whether early growth abnormalities are (a) comparable in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other childhood psychiatric disorders, and (b) specific to the brain or generalized to the whole body. Head circumference, height, and weight were measured during the first 19 months of life in 129 children with ASD and 59 children with non-ASD psychiatric disorders. Both groups showed comparable abnormal patterns of growth compared to population norms, especially regarding height and head circumference in relation to height. Thus abnormal growth appears to be related to psychiatric disorders in general and is mainly expressed as an accelerated growth of height not matched by an increase in weight or head circumference.

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